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Excess Heparin Dosing Among Fibrinolytic-treated Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
American Journal of Medicine, 08/27/08

Wang TY et al. - Approximately half of fibrinolytic-treated patients with STEMI in contemporary practice received an excess dose of unfractionated heparin. Careful attention to dosing is needed to limit the compounded bleeding risk when heparin is added to fibrinolytic therapy.

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