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Virtually all of the chapters in this book to this point have emphasized that every patient with a mechanical valve prosthesis should be on warfarin anticoagulation. We have developed experimental, clinical data over the past five years that supports the proposition that such anticoagulants are not always needed.
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Sade, R.M., Crawford, F.A., Pass, H.I., Kratz, J.M. (1985). Pediatric Use of the ST. JUDE MEDICAL® Prosthesis. In: Matloff, J.M. (eds) Cardiac Valve Replacement. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2601-4_16
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