Clopidogrel (Plavix) reduces the rate of thrombosis in the rat tuck model for microvenous anastomosis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 573-576

  Moore, Michael G ^a   Deschler, Daniel G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TIME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ABSORPTION; EVALUATION; FEMORAL VEIN; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THROMBOSIS; TICLOPIDINE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VEINS;

EID: 34047129098     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.06.1276     Document Type: Article

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