Vorapaxar for secondary prevention of thrombotic events for patients with previous myocardial infarction: A prespecified subgroup analysis of the TRA 2°P-TIMI 50 trial

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9850, 2012, Pages 1317-1324

  Scirica, Benjamin M ^a   Bonaca, Marc P ^a   Braunwald, Eugene ^a   De Ferrari, Gaetano M ^b   Isaza, Daniel ^c   Lewis, Basil S ^d   Mehrhof, Felix ^e   Merlini, Piera A ^f   Murphy, Sabina A ^a   Sabatine, Marc S ^a   Tendera, Michal ^g   Van De Werf, Frans ^h   Wilcox, Robert ⁱ   Morrow, David A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c FUNDACIÓN CARDIOINFANTIL INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGÍA   (Colombia)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VORAPAXAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY PREVENTION; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84867336413     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61269-0     Document Type: Article

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