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Role of Platelets in Thromboembolism in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
Advances in clinical and experimental medicine : official organ Wroclaw Medical University - 1 Jan 2000
Gosk-Bierska Izabela, Wasilewska Marta, Wysokiński Waldemar
Abstract excerpt
Thromboembolic complications of atrial fibrillation (AF) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality but the mechanism of its process remain poorly understood. There are many as yet unanswered questions surrounding the increased thrombotic tendency in AF. One of the crucial questions is what determines the fact that a thrombus remains in the left atrium in situ in some patients, while in others it breaks off and...
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