Balancing Risks and Benefits When Recommencing Oral Anticoagulants after Major Bleeding

Ellie Edlmann; Catherine McMahon

doi:10.1055/a-1520-2309

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2021; 121(08): 979-981
DOI: 10.1055/a-1520-2309

Invited Editorial Focus

Balancing Risks and Benefits When Recommencing Oral Anticoagulants after Major Bleeding

Ellie Edlmann

¹Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

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Catherine McMahon

²Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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