Direct thrombin inhibitors (Part 1 of 2)

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-38

  Arora, Umesh K ^a   Dhir, Meeney ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGATROBAN; DABIGATRAN; DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE; DANAPAROID; HEPARIN; HIRUGEN; HIRULOG; INOGATRAN; LEPIRUDIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MELAGATRAN; N (9 HYDROXY 9 FLUORENECARBOXY)PROLINE (4 AMINOCYCLOHEXYLMETHYL)AMIDE; NAPSAGATRAN; RECOMBINANT HIRUDIN; THROMBIN; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN; XIMELAGATRAN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REVIEW; STROKE; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTITHROMBINS; CORONARY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; PLATELET ACTIVATION; THROMBIN;

EID: 28444459550     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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