The chimeric monoclonal antibody abciximab: A systematic review of its safety in contemporary practice

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 809-819

  Tamhane, Umesh U ^a   Gurm, Hitinder S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Abciximab; Acute coronary syndrome; Bleeding; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; EPTIFIBATIDE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HIRULOG; PLACEBO; RETEPLASE; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TIROFIBAN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY STENT; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART REINFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; LOADING DRUG DOSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 57049174103     PISSN: 14740338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14740330802500353     Document Type: Review

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