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The equipoise of perioperative anticoagulation management: a Canadian cross-sectional survey

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A. Lazo-Langner has received honoraria from Pfizer Inc., Boehringer-Ingelheim and Leo Pharma. The other authors state they have no conflict of interest

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  1. Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, 800 Commissioners Rd E, London, ON, N6A 5W9, Canada

    Leslie Skeith, Alejandro Lazo-Langner & Michael J. Kovacs

  2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, ON, Canada

    Alejandro Lazo-Langner

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Skeith, L., Lazo-Langner, A. & Kovacs, M.J. The equipoise of perioperative anticoagulation management: a Canadian cross-sectional survey. J Thromb Thrombolysis 37, 411–413 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-013-0960-6

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