Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy for atherothrombotic disease: The role of current and emerging agents

American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 233-250

  Angiolillo, Dominick J ^a   Ferreiro, José Luis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; APIXABAN; ARGATROBAN; ATECEGATRAN METOXIL; ATOPAXAR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A INHIBITOR; CANGRELOR; CLOPIDOGREL; DABIGATRAN; DALTEPARIN; ELINOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HIRULOG; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; OTAMIXABAN; PEGNIVACOGIN; PLACEBO; PRASUGREL; RIVAROXABAN; TERUTROBAN; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; THROMBOXANE A2; TICAGRELOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VORAPAXAR; WARFARIN; XIMELAGATRAN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADD ON THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DRUG BINDING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STENT THROMBOSIS; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULANTS; HUMANS; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS;

EID: 84880857957     PISSN: 11753277     EISSN: 1179187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40256-013-0022-7     Document Type: Review

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