Accuracy of the CoaguChek XS® for POC INR in warfarinised children and adults with ventricular assist devices

Mary E. Bauman; Aisha K. Bruce; Holger Buchholz; Stefan Kuhle; M. Patricia Massicotte

doi:10.1160/TH12-12-0904

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2013; 110(03): 616-617
DOI: 10.1160/TH12-12-0904

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Accuracy of the CoaguChek XS^® for POC INR in warfarinised children and adults with ventricular assist devices

Mary E. Bauman

¹Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Aisha K. Bruce

¹Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Holger Buchholz

²Division of Cardiac Surgery Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Stefan Kuhle

³Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

⁴Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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M. Patricia Massicotte

¹Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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