Comparison of Higher Clopidogrel Loading and Maintenance Dose to Standard Dose on Platelet Function and Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using Drug-Eluting Stents

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-403

  Abuzahra, Mohammed ^a   Pillai, Manu ^a   Caldera, Angel ^a   Hartley, W Bryan ^a   Gonzalez, Rafael ^a   Bobek, Jaromir ^a   Dokainish, Hisham ^a   Lakkis, Nasser ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVASCULARIZATION; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD PLATELETS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TICLOPIDINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46649089410     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.03.073     Document Type: Article

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