title: Pharmacological treatment of acute coronary syndromes.
abstract: Many trials have examined the efficacy of medications used in acute coronary syndromes. This paper reviews those now recommended in patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. There are currently seven groups of drugs that are used in the management of such patients.
authors.affiliation: Coronary Care Unit, Fairfield General Hospital, Bury, Lancashire.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D013577:Syndrome; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine; D001241:Aspirin