The dark side of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors during percutaneous coronary interventions

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1199-1202

  Klein, Lloyd W ^a   Calvin, James E ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY STENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG LABELING; EDITORIAL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOSIS; ULCER;

EID: 0037726524     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00267-4     Document Type: Editorial

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