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Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2006) 3, 358-359
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0582  
Received 20 March 2006 | Accepted 24 April 2006

Can fondaparinux safely prevent the occurrence of venous thromboembolism in acutely ill medical patients?

Sam Schulman

Correspondence Thrombosis Service, HHS-General Hospital, 237 Barton Street E, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada

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The ARTEMIS trial findings presented here by Cohen et al. of the pentasaccharide fondaparinux in a fixed dose of 2.5 mg daily have been published, together with several other large fondaparinux studies. At first glance, all of the trials showed very positive results.

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