Moving the tipping point: the decision to anticoagulate patients with atrial fibrillation.

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Published in Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes on December 07, 2010

Authors

Mark H Eckman1, Daniel E Singer, Jonathan Rosand, Steven M Greenberg

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Internal Medicine and the Center for Clinical Effectiveness, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0535, USA. mark.eckman@uc.edu

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