Platelet function testing in contemporary clinical and interventional practice

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Franchi, Francesco ^a   Rollini, Fabiana ^a   Cho, Jung Rae ^a   Ferrante, Elisabetta ^a   Angiolillo, Dominick J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Platelet function testing; Platelet reactivity; Tailored antiplatelet therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PLATELET REACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

EID: 84898835460     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: 15343189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-014-0300-y     Document Type: Article

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