Aspirin: Promise and resistance in the new millennium

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Patrono, Carlo ^a   Rocca, Bianca ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiplatelet therapy; Aspirin resistance; Colorectal cancer; Osteoarthritis; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; HEART PROTECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART INFARCTION; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ASPIRIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 40749097319     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.160481     Document Type: Review

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