News tagged with antiplatelet agent


Administration of clopidogrel prior to PCI associated with reduction in major cardiac events

Among patients scheduled for a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed coronary arteries), pretreatment with the antiplatelet agent clopidogrel ...

Cardiology created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aspirin still first-line therapy for unstable angina/NSTEMI

(HealthDay) -- Aspirin is still the first line of therapy for patients with unstable angina or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and ticagrelor can be used in place of clopidogrel or prasugrel ...

Cardiology created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drug helps maintain platelet inhibition and anti-clotting levels prior to cardiac surgery

Patients who discontinued use of an antiplatelet agent such as clopidogrel prior to undergoing cardiac surgery to lower their bleeding risk and received intravenously the platelet inhibitor cangrelor achieved a higher rate ...

Surgery created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0