Anticoagulation Quality and Complications of using Vitamin K Antagonists in the Cardiac Surgery Outpatient Clinic

Anticoagulation Quality and Complications of using Vitamin K Antagonists in the Cardiac Surgery Outpatient Clinic

ABSTRACT Introduction: In patients with mechanical prosthetic heart valves or atrial fibrillation requiring anticoagulation to prevent thromboembolic events, several factors influence adherence and anticoagulation complications. Objective: To evaluate the factors that interfere with the quality an...

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Main Authors: Mário Augusto Cray da Costa, Lucas Kraeski Krum, Juliana da Silva Geraldino, Marcelo Derbli Schafranski, Ricardo Zanetti Gomes, Elise Souza dos Santos Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Subjects:
Anticoagulants
Prostheses and Implants
Atrial Fibrillation
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382016000300239&lng=en&tlng=en

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