Prevention of cardiovascular events after acute coronary syndrome

Seminars in Vascular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-300

  Wallentin, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Antiplatelet agents; Antithrombotic agents; ESTEEM; Heparins; Vitamin K antagonists; Ximelagatran

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; CLOPIDOGREL; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; EPTIFIBATIDE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; HIRULOG; LIVER ENZYME; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLACEBO; THROMBIN; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; TIROFIBAN; WARFARIN; XIMELAGATRAN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; THROMBIN;

EID: 24144432207     PISSN: 15289648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-916169     Document Type: Review

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