Clopidogrel to treat patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes after hospital discharge

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 806-811

  Tricoci, Pierluigi ^a,h   Roe, Matthew T ^a   Mulgund, Jyotsna ^a   Newby, L Kristin ^a   Smith Jr , Sidney C ^b   Pollack Jr , Charles V ^c   Fintel, Dan J ^d   Cannon, Christopher P ^e   Bhatt, Deepak L ^f   Gibler, W Brian ^g   Ohman, E Magnus ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Harrington, Robert A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 33645749663     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.7.806     Document Type: Article

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