Oral anticoagulation throughout pregnancy in patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis: Safe alternatives
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Anticoagulation treatment in patients with a mechanical heart valve
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1016-7315
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsha.2013.03.039