Adverse outcomes and predictors of underuse of antithrombotic therapy in medicare beneficiaries with chronic atrial fibrillation.

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Published in Stroke on April 01, 2000

Authors

B F Gage1, M Boechler, A L Doggette, G Fortune, G C Flaker, M W Rich, M J Radford

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Medical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. gageb@msnotes.wustl.edu

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