Pretreatment with Antiplatelet Drugs in Invasively Managed Patients with Coronary Artery Disease in the Contemporary Era: Review of the Evidence and Practice Guidelines

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Capodanno, Davide ^a   Angiolillo, Dominick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; antiplatelet therapy; percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CANGRELOR; CLOPIDOGREL; EPTIFIBATIDE; GLYCOPROTEIN IIB; GLYCOPROTEIN IIIA; PRASUGREL; PURINERGIC P2Y12 RECEPTOR; TICAGRELOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; INCIDENCE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84937515191     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.114.002301     Document Type: Review

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