Do patients with acute myocardial infarction benefit from treatment with clopidogrel?
Clopidogrel (Plavix), a platelet aggregation inhibitor, has been shown to be effective in certain patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions, but its use in patients with acute myocardial infarction who receive a fibrinolytic strategy instead has been controversial. The aim of the Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Section is to bring the readership clinically relevant and practical evidence-based medicine principles and topic reviews. This EBM - Therapy review focuses on a relatively new therapy option for Emergency Department patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Worster
Andrew
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Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Keim
Samuel M
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Vadera
Rajiv
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Rosen
Peter
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D000328:Adult; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine