Antiplatelet agents in atherothrombotic diseases.
Atherothrombotic disease places a huge financial and social burden on the nation, and antiplatelet therapy is important in preventing this. Aspirin is most widely used but newer compounds are valuable, especially on top of standard therapy in patients with unstable angina or non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. This article reviews the changing use of antiplatelets.
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Department of Cardiology, Singleton Hospital, Swansea SA2 8QA.
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D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D004176:Dipyridamole; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine; D001241:Aspirin