Antiplatelet therapy during surgery

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 986-991

  Möllmann, Helge ^a   Nef, Holger M ^a   Hamm, Christian W ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ASPIRIN; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THROMBOSIS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 77953725016     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.155655     Document Type: Review

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