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Pacemaker of Defibrillator Surgery without Interruption of Anticoagulation
NEJM 368:2084-2093, Birnie, D.,et al, 2013
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Article Abstract
As compared with bridging therapy with heparin, a strategy of continued warfarin treatment at the time of pacemaker or ICD surgery markedly reduced the incidence of clinically significant device-pocket hematoma.
 
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