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Assessment of the quality of anticoagulation management with warfarin in a tertiary care center

Monirah A. Albabtain, Maha M. Alharthi, Khalid Dagriri, Amr A. Arafat, Esraa Ayrout, Yahya Alhebaishi and Ahmed AlFagih
Saudi Medical Journal November 2020, 41 (11) 1245-1251; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.11.25456
Monirah A. Albabtain
From the Department of Pharmacy (Albabtain, Alharthi), Department of Cardiology (Dagriri, Alhebaishi, AlFagih), Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery (Arafat), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the College of Pharmacy (Ayrout), AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Arafat), Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Maha M. Alharthi
From the Department of Pharmacy (Albabtain, Alharthi), Department of Cardiology (Dagriri, Alhebaishi, AlFagih), Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery (Arafat), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the College of Pharmacy (Ayrout), AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Arafat), Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Khalid Dagriri
From the Department of Pharmacy (Albabtain, Alharthi), Department of Cardiology (Dagriri, Alhebaishi, AlFagih), Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery (Arafat), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the College of Pharmacy (Ayrout), AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Arafat), Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Amr A. Arafat
From the Department of Pharmacy (Albabtain, Alharthi), Department of Cardiology (Dagriri, Alhebaishi, AlFagih), Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery (Arafat), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the College of Pharmacy (Ayrout), AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Arafat), Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Esraa Ayrout
From the Department of Pharmacy (Albabtain, Alharthi), Department of Cardiology (Dagriri, Alhebaishi, AlFagih), Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery (Arafat), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the College of Pharmacy (Ayrout), AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Arafat), Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Yahya Alhebaishi
From the Department of Pharmacy (Albabtain, Alharthi), Department of Cardiology (Dagriri, Alhebaishi, AlFagih), Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery (Arafat), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the College of Pharmacy (Ayrout), AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Arafat), Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Ahmed AlFagih
From the Department of Pharmacy (Albabtain, Alharthi), Department of Cardiology (Dagriri, Alhebaishi, AlFagih), Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery (Arafat), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the College of Pharmacy (Ayrout), AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Arafat), Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2020, 41 (11) 1245-1251; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.11.25456

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Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2020, 41 (11) 1245-1251; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.11.25456
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