A two-sided evaluation of benefit and harm from antithrombotic treatment in atrial fibrillation: Balancing clinical application and statistical methodology

Peter Brønnum Nielsen; Flemming Skjøth

doi:10.1160/TH16-07-0523

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2016; 116(03): 405-406
DOI: 10.1160/TH16-07-0523

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A two-sided evaluation of benefit and harm from antithrombotic treatment in atrial fibrillation: Balancing clinical application and statistical methodology

Authors

Peter Brønnum Nielsen

¹Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark

²Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Faculty of Health, Aalborg University, Denmark
Flemming Skjøth

²Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Faculty of Health, Aalborg University, Denmark

³Unit for Clinical Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark

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