Ticagrelor is an oral, reversible, direct-acting inhibitor of the adenosine diphosphate receptor P2Y12 that has a more rapid onset and more pronounced platelet inhibition than clopidogrel. At 12 ...
Despite current treatments, patients who have acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation have high rates of major vascular events. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of the antiplatelet ...
Researchers at the Syracuse (N.Y.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center found that the postpolypectomy bleeding rate is significantly higher in patients on uninterrupted clopidogrel therapy with ...
March 16, 2007 (Las Vegas) -- "There is a great deal of controversy regarding the combination therapy of aspirin (ASA) plus clopidogrel" for patients with acute coronary syndromes, according to Amal ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a medical journalist covering cardiology news. Some people with minor ischemic stroke or transit ischemic attack (TIA) may ...
Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) are more likely to die from heart disease, and at an earlier age, than the able-bodied population, and a clustering of risk factors associated with ischaemic ...
Stefan K James, Matthew T Roe, Christopher P Cannon, Jan H Cornel, Jay Horrow, Steen Husted, Hugo Katus, Joao Morais, Ph Gabriel Steg, Robert F Storey, Susanna ...