title: [New thrombocyte aggregation inhibitor in therapy of unstable angina].
abstract: Unstable angina is a critical phase of coronary heart disease with a risk for myocardial infarction or death of up to 20% within 30 days. Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonists are a new class of potent antiplatelet drugs. In several large randomized trials, it has been well established that the antibody abciximab, and the low molecular synthetic compounds tirofiban and eptifibatide, reduce the cardiac event rate by 10 to 70% in patients with and without percutaneous interventions. This effect was found to be predominately present in patients with elevated troponins. Accordingly, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonists represent a major achievement for the treatment regimen of patients with unstable angina.
authors.affiliation: Kerckhoff Klinik-Herzzentrum Benekestrasse 2-8 61231 Bad Nauheim. christian.hamm@kerckhoff.med.uni-giessen.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hamm
mesh_terms: D000077284:Abciximab; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077542:Eptifibatide; D006801:Humans; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000517:prevention & control; D010455:Peptides / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D000077466:Tirofiban; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D010455:Peptides; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D014443:Tyrosine; D000077466:Tirofiban; D000077542:Eptifibatide; D000077284:Abciximab