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Is perioperative bridging anticoagulation useful in patients with atrial fibrillation?

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  1. Medicina III, Ospedale San Paolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via A. di Rudinì 8, 20142, Milan, Italy

    Elisa Maria Fiorelli & Gian Marco Podda

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Fiorelli, E.M., Podda, G.M. & Gruppo di Autoformazione Metodologica (GrAM). Is perioperative bridging anticoagulation useful in patients with atrial fibrillation?. Intern Emerg Med 11, 249–250 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-015-1355-9

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