Thrombotic and Haemorrhagic Complications in Patients with Heart Valve Prostheses: A More Complex Matter Than Proper Prothrombin Time Ratios

Antonio Girolami; Giovanni Maurizio Patrassi; Luciano Schivazappa; Maria Teresa Sartori

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1649688

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 1993; 70(05): 878
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1649688

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Thrombotic and Haemorrhagic Complications in Patients with Heart Valve Prostheses: A More Complex Matter Than Proper Prothrombin Time Ratios

Antonio Girolami

University of Padua, Medical School, IV Department of Internal Medicine, Italy

,

Giovanni Maurizio Patrassi

University of Padua, Medical School, IV Department of Internal Medicine, Italy

,

Luciano Schivazappa

University of Padua, Medical School, IV Department of Internal Medicine, Italy

¹Department of Cardiology, Padua, Italy

,

Maria Teresa Sartori

University of Padua, Medical School, IV Department of Internal Medicine, Italy

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