No Vitamin K Antagonists for Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms or Peripheral Arterial Disease? Are We There yet?

Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, SUNY at Buffalo, VA Western NY Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY, USA. Electronic address:

Published: August 2021

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