Antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing coronary stenting: Similarities and dissimilarities between north America and Europe

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 569-571

  Huber, Kurt ^a   Juhani Airaksinen, K ^b   Cuisset, Thomas ^c   Marín, Francisco ^d   Rubboli, Andrea ^e   Lip, Gregory Y H ^f  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^e MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; APIXABAN; CLOPIDOGREL; CYTOCHROME P450 2C19; DABIGATRAN; EVEROLIMUS; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PANTOPRAZOLE; PRASUGREL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RIVAROXABAN; TICAGRELOR; WARFARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EDITORIAL; EMBOLISM; EUROPE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; NORTH AMERICA; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT THROMBOSIS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; WARFARIN;

EID: 80053207003     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-08-0602     Document Type: Editorial

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