Anticoagulation after anterior myocardial infarction and the risk of stroke

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Udell, Jacob A ^a,b,c   Wang, Julie T ^a   Gladstone, David J ^a,b   Tu, Jack V ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NITRATE; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; THROMBOGENESIS; ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION;

AGED; ANTERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ANTICOAGULANTS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 77957898760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012150     Document Type: Article

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