Nitroaspirin plus clopidogrel versus aspirin plus clopidogrel against platelet thromboembolism and intimal thickening in mice

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 535-543

  Momi, Stefania ^a   Pitchford, Simon C ^a   Alberti, Paolo F ^a   Minuz, Pietro ^b   Del Soldato, Piero ^c   Gresele, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c Nicox Research Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Platelet aggregation; Pulmonary thromboembolism; Restenosis; Thromboxane

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID 3 (NITROXYMETHYL)PHENYL ESTER; ADRENALIN; CLOPIDOGREL; COLLAGEN; CYCLIC GMP; LYSINE ACETYLSALICYLATE; THROMBOXANE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLEEDING TIME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HISTOLOGY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIL; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; ASPIRIN; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TICLOPIDINE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 15444374171     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH04-07-0464     Document Type: Article

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