The effect of rosuvastatin on platelet-leukocyte interactions in the setting of acute coronary syndrome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 306-307

  Sexton, Travis R ^a   Wallace, Eric L ^a   Macaulay, Tracy E ^a   Charnigo, Richard J ^a   Evangelista, Virgilio ^a   Campbell, Charles L ^a   Bailey, Alison L ^a   Smyth, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ROSUVASTATIN; FLUOROBENZENE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE AGGREGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; BLOOD; CELL AGGREGATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BLOOD PLATELETS; CELL AGGREGATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUOROBENZENES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LEUKOCYTES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRIMIDINES; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 84921324638     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.10.047     Document Type: Letter

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