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Modern antiplatelet management of coronary artery bypass patients: a role of platelet function testing in decision making

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  1. Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Kispaticeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Mate Petricevic, Bojan Biocina & Ivica Safradin

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

    Davor Milicic

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Petricevic, M., Biocina, B., Safradin, I. et al. Modern antiplatelet management of coronary artery bypass patients: a role of platelet function testing in decision making. J Thromb Thrombolysis 37, 249–250 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-013-0937-5

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