title: ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: A THERAPEUTIC ENIGMA.
abstract: The authors' experience with anticoagulant therapy in both the acute phase and the long-term management of myocardial infarction has proved disappointing. A review of the literature has failed to establish benefit when all patients with coronary artery disease are treated with anticoagulant drugs. A need for well-controlled studies still exists.
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease; D003327:Coronary Disease; D004358:Drug Therapy; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D009203:Myocardial Infarction
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin
keywords: ANTICOAGULANTS; DRUG THERAPY; HEPARIN, THERAPEUTIC; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCT