Prasugrel versus clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2001-2015

  Wiviott, Stephen D ^a   Braunwald, Eugene ^a   McCabe, Carolyn H ^a   Montalescot, Gilles ^b   Ruzyllo, Witold ^c   Gottlieb, Shmuel ^d   Neumann, Franz Joseph ^e   Ardissino, Diego ^f   De Servi, Stefano ^g   Murphy, Sabina A ^a   Riesmeyer, Jeffrey ^h   Weerakkody, Govinda ^h   Gibson, C Michael ^a   Antman, Elliott M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^d BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^g Azienda Ospedaliera Civile di Legano   (Italy)

^h ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; PRASUGREL; STATIN; THIENOPYRIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVASCULARIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 36148983750     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0706482     Document Type: Article

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