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The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts: The better names for blood thinners
Q: I was recently asked if I take a blood thinner. I wasn’t sure how to answer the question because I occasionally take ...
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Pharmacodynamic Properties of Antiplatelet Agents
No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. The combined use of antiplatelet drugs acting through different mechanisms is important in antithrombotic treatment of ...
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Anticoagulant vs. Antiplatelet: Which Is Better?
Two common medications that are categorized as blood thinners and used to prevent blood clots are anticoagulants and ...
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Antiplatelet Therapy in the Era of Drug-Eluting Stents: Current and Future Perspectives
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2007;5(5):939-953. Although conflicting, these emerging clinical data have raised legitimate concerns and led to a special US FDA meeting in December 2006 to review the ...
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Need for Rethink of Discharge Medications After LAA Closure? EMERGE
With no differences between single or dual antiplatelet therapy or anticoagulants at 6 months, an RCT is warranted for clarity.
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De-Escalating DAPT to Ticagrelor Monotherapy Cuts Bleeding Risk in Acute Coronary Syndrome
For patients with ACS undergoing DES implantation, de-escalating DAPT to P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy is associated with lower bleeding risk.
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FDA likely to approve MSD’s secondary prevention antiplatelet drug
The antiplatelet drug has been recommended for approval by the US regulator's cardiovascular and renal drugs advisory committee, which voted 10-1 in favour. The anticlotting agent would be the ...
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At Issue: Debate over DAPT duration endures
Since the advent of drug-eluting stents, there has been a debate in the intervention community over how long dual antiplatelet therapy should last after PCI. Cardiologists have to carefully ...