Antithrombotic triple therapy and coagulation activation at the site of thrombus formation: A randomized trial in healthy subjects

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1850-1860

  Weisshaar, S ^a   Litschauer, B ^a   Gouya, G ^a   Mayer, P ^a   Smerda, L ^a   Kapiotis, S ^a   Kyrle, P A ^a   Eichinger, S ^a   Wolzt, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Dabigatran; Drug therapy, combination; Phenprocoumon; Rivaroxaban; Ticagrelor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN III; ANTITHROMBIN III-PROTEASE COMPLEX; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BETA ALANINE; BETA THROMBOGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DABIGATRAN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PHENPROCOUMON; PROTHROMBIN; PROTHROMBIN FRAGMENT 1.2; RIVAROXABAN; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; THROMBIN; TICAGRELOR;

ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; AUSTRIA; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOSINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTITHROMBIN III; ASPIRIN; AUSTRIA; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BETA-ALANINE; BETA-THROMBOGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD PLATELETS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MORPHOLINES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHENPROCOUMON; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTHROMBIN; THIOPHENES; THROMBIN; THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920272003     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.12726     Document Type: Article

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