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Telemedicine and decentralized models of care: from anticoagulant monitoring to an expanded concept of vascular medicine

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Valerio, L., Trinchero, A. & Barco, S. Telemedicine and decentralized models of care: from anticoagulant monitoring to an expanded concept of vascular medicine. Intern Emerg Med 14, 1213–1215 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-019-02174-5

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