Direct Oral Anticoagulants: Patients Benefit When Prescribers Get the Message.

Am J Cardiol

Penn State Hershey Heart & Vascular Institute, Cardiac Electrophysiology Program, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Electronic address:

Published: November 2023

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