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"These drugs [NOACs] do not need routine monitoring ..."
Sorry, but this argument is misleading. The truth is, that you cannot perform routine monitoring. This is not the same as Kamal Mahtani`s statement. And indeed that is exactly one of the problems
with these new anticoagulants: A blind flight with unknown harm to our patients.
Re: Novel oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation
"These drugs [NOACs] do not need routine monitoring ..."
Sorry, but this argument is misleading. The truth is, that you cannot perform routine monitoring. This is not the same as Kamal Mahtani`s statement. And indeed that is exactly one of the problems
with these new anticoagulants: A blind flight with unknown harm to our patients.
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