Rules for using reduced doses of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in the prevention of thromboembolic complications in patients with atrial fibrillation. The expert opinion of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy of the Polish Cardiac Society
Affiliations- Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Kielce, Poland
- 1st Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
- 3rd Department of Internal Diseases and Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
- Collegium Medicum, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
- Department of Internal Diseases and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland
- Institute of Clinical Sciences, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Medical Academy in Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
- 1st Clinic of Cardiology and Electrotherapy, Swietokrzyskie Cardiology Center in Kielce, Kielce, Poland
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Rules for using reduced doses of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in the prevention of thromboembolic complications in patients with atrial fibrillation. The expert opinion of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy of the Polish Cardiac Society
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Kardiologia Polska (Polish Heart Journal)
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10.33963/KP.a2022.0286
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Kardiol Pol 2022;80(12):1299-1306.
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Iwona Gorczyca-Głowacka
Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka
Marcin Wełnicki
Filip Szymański
Marcin Barylski
Artur Mamcarz
Krzysztof J Filipiak
Beata Wożakowska-Kapłon
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