The balance between anti-ischemic efficacy and bleeding risk of antithrombotic therapy in percutaneous coronary intervention: A Yin-Yang paradigm

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 284-292

  Lardizabal, Joel A ^a   Joshi, Bipin K ^a   Ambrose, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; HIRULOG; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PACLITAXEL; PRASUGREL; RAPAMYCIN; RETEPLASE; TICAGRELOR; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

BARE METAL STENT; BLEEDING; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; ISCHEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953147391     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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