Oral dual antiplatelet therapy: What have we learnt from recent trials?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 344-352

  Montalescot, Gilles ^a   Sabatine, Marc S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Aspirin; P2Y12 antagonists; Stents; Thienopyridines

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; PRASUGREL; TICAGRELOR; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; CORONARY STENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ASPIRIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84960461551     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv377     Document Type: Review

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