INR self-management permits lower anticoagulation levels after mechanical heart valve replacement.

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Published in Circulation on September 09, 2003

Authors

H Koertke1, K Minami, D Boethig, Th Breymann, D Seifert, O Wagner, N Atmacha, A Krian, J Ennker, U Taborski, W P Klövekorn, R Moosdorf, W Saggau, R Koerfer

Author Affiliations

1: Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, Clinic of the Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany. hkoertke@hdz-nrw.de

Associated clinical trials:

Very Low Dose Oral Anticoagulation and Thromboembolic and Bleeding Complications (ESCAT III) | NCT00528671

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