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How Safe Is Anticoagulant Therapy in Older Patients and What Should Be the INR Target?

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Di Pasquale, G. et al. (2006). How Safe Is Anticoagulant Therapy in Older Patients and What Should Be the INR Target?. In: Raviele, A. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias 2005. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0371-7_21

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