Anticoagulation for Mechanical Heart Valves: Will Oral Factor Xa Inhibitors Be Effective?

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2017 May;37(5):743-745. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.117.309223.

¹ From the Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, David Braley Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada (N.C.C., J.I.W., J.W.E.); and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada (N.C.C., J.I.W., J.W.E.). noel.chan@taari.ca.
² From the Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, David Braley Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada (N.C.C., J.I.W., J.W.E.); and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada (N.C.C., J.I.W., J.W.E.).

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Keywords: Editorial; anticoagulants; atrial fibrillation; factor Xa; heart valves; stroke.

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