International variation in use of oral anticoagulation among heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation.

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Published in Am Heart J on March 27, 2012

Authors

Jorge Suarez1, Jonathan P Piccini, Li Liang, John J Atherton, Christopher S Hayward, Henry Krum, Gregg C Fonarow, Renato D Lopes, Adrian F Hernandez

Author Affiliations

1: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA.

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