Clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors - Where do we stand in 2012?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2161-2171

  Drepper, Michael D ^a   Spahr, Laurent ^a   Frossard, Jean Louis ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Antiplatelet therapy; Clopidogrel; Cytochromes; Drug interaction; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Platelet reactivity; Proton pump inhibitors; Thienopyridine

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; CYTOCHROME P450 2C19; ESOMEPRAZOLE; LANSOPRAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; RABEPRAZOLE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CYP2C19 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TICLOPIDINE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY STENTING; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REINFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ANIMAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG INTERACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; METABOLISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; ASPIRIN; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 84864748056     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i18.2161     Document Type: Article

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