Oral factor Xa inhibitors for the long-term management of ACS

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 392-401

  Wisler, James W ^a   Becker, Richard C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; APIXABAN; BETRIXABAN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A INHIBITOR; CLOPIDOGREL; DAREXABAN; EDOXABAN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ERIBIXABAN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LETAXABAN; LY 5157117; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; RIVAROXABAN; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FETAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MODEL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACTOR XA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862868569     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2012.18     Document Type: Review

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