Pharmacological treatment of acute coronary syndromes.
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.
Hughes
Karen
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Coronary Care Unit, Fairfield General Hospital, Bury, Lancashire.
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
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine; D001241:Aspirin