Safety profile and bleeding risk of ticagrelor compared with clopidogrel

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 959-967

  May, Christopher H ^a   Michael Lincoff, A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADP inhibitors; Bleeding; Clopidogrel; Ticagrelor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; TICAGRELOR;

BLEEDING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MORTALITY; PHARMACODYNAMICS; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADENOSINE; DYSPNEA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; RISK FACTORS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 84867813287     PISSN: 14740338     EISSN: 1744764X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14740338.2012.720972     Document Type: Review

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