Urban myths and the ACT: what is not true and what really matters when it comes to monitoring anticoagulation.
Searles
Bruce
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Department of Cardiovascular Perfusion, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007611:Aprotinin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D019365:Metaphor; D009229:Mythology; D010314:Partial Thromboplastin Time; D013997:Time Factors; D014914:Whole Blood Coagulation Time
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin; D007611:Aprotinin