Use of Clopidogrel Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in Canadian Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 711-715

  Krimly, Ahmed ^a,b   Yan, Raymond T ^b   Yan, Andrew T ^a,b   DeYoung, J Paul ^c   Gallo, Richard ^d   Steg, Gabriel ^e   Eikelboom, John ^f   Gore, Joel M ^g   Fox, Keith A A ^h   Fitchett, David ^a   Quantz, Mackenzie A ⁱ   Goodman, Shaun G ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN HEART RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Department of Diagnostic Imaging   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^f HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TICLOPIDINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82155173475     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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