Amir K. Jaffer, MD Medical Director, the IMPACT Center and The Anticoagulation Clinic, Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Address: Amir K. Jaffer, MD, Department of General Internal Medicine, A72, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail jaffer@ccf.org
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ABSTRACTRecent trials provide evidence to help guide the management of patients with recurrent episodes of venous thromboembolism, cancer patients with venous thromboembolism, and patients receiving anticoagulant therapy who must undergo surgery.
