Safety of Esophagogastroduodenoscopy within 30 Days of Myocardial Infarction: A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Canadian Tertiary Centre

Patients who experience gastrointestinal bleeding after myocardial infarction (MI) often have comorbidities that could place them at increased risk of complications if evaluative endoscopy were to be performed. Although esophagogastroduodenoscopy is considered to be generally safe in high-risk indiv...

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Main Authors: Fahad Al-Ebrahim, Khurram J Khan, Waleed Alhazzani, Ahmed Alnemer, Abdullah Alzahrani, John Marshall, David Armstrong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/841792
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