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Cardiovascular

Importance of balancing follow-up time and impact of oral-anticoagulant users’ selection when evaluating medication adherence in atrial fibrillation patients treated with rivaroxaban and apixaban

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Pages 1033-1043 | Received 02 Dec 2016, Accepted 17 Feb 2017, Published online: 02 Apr 2017

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