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Thromb Haemost 2014; 111(05): 781-782
DOI: 10.1160/TH14-03-0228
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Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs): No longer new or novel

Steen Husted
1   Medical Department, Hospital Unit West, Denmark
,
Raffaele de Caterina
2   Institute of Cardiology & Center of Excellence on Aging, G. d’Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
,
Felicita Andreotti
3   Department of Cardiovascular Science, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
,
Harald Arnesen
4   Center for Clinical Heart Research, Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway
,
Fedor Bachmann
5   University of Lausanne, Switzerland
,
Kurt Huber
6   3rd Department of Medicine, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria
,
Jørgen Jespersen
7   Unit for Thrombosis Research, Institut of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
,
Steen Dalby Kristensen
8   Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
,
Gregory Y. H. Lip
9   University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
,
Joao Morais
10   Cardiology Division, Santo Andre´s Hospital, Leiria, Portugal
,
Lars H. Rasmussen
11   Thrombosis Research Centre, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Denmark and Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark
,
Agneta Siegbahn
12   Department of Medical Sciences and Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Robert F. Storey
13   Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Jeffrey I. Weitz
14   Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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the ESC Working Group on Thrombosis Task Force on Anticoagulants in Heart Disease › Author Affiliations
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Received: 10 March 2014

Accepted: 13 March 2014

Publication Date:
01 December 2017 (online)

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