Anti-platelet therapy: Glycoprotein IIb-IIIa antagonists

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 672-682

  Schneider, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Antiplatelet; Coronary intervention; Glycoprotein IIb IIIa; Pharmacodynamics; Platelet

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BARBOURIN; CITRATE TRISODIUM; CLOPIDOGREL; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLARGINYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE; DISINTEGRIN; EPTIFIBATIDE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HIRULOG; LAMIFIBAN; LOTRAFIBAN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ORBOFIBAN; PLACEBO; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SIBRAFIBAN; TIROFIBAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XEMILOFIBAN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT THROMBOSIS; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BLOOD PLATELETS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX;

EID: 80052626426     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03879.x     Document Type: Review

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