Can the vicious cycle of obscure or intractable gastrointestinal bleeding be broken in patients with atrial fibrillation subject to anticoagulant therapy?: the role of percutaneous left atrial appendage closure

Gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure origin or with an intractable cause is particularly common in patients with atrial fibrillation subject to oral anticoagulant therapy. This condition is highly recurrent and therefore gives rise to high morbidity and mortality rates, thus entailing a vicious cycl...

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Main Authors: Diego Fernández-Rodríguez, Victoria Martín-Yuste, Faust Feu, Salvatore Brugaletta, Xavier Freixa, Ander Regueiro, Manel Sabaté
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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