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Intravenous Platelet Blockade with Cangrelor during PCI

Intravenous Platelet Blockade with Cangrelor during PCI

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Intravenous Platelet Blockade with Cangrelor during PCI

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Full title

Intravenous Platelet Blockade with Cangrelor during PCI

Publisher

Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Journal title

The New England journal of medicine, 2009-12, Vol.361 (24), p.2330-2341

Language

English

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Publisher

Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Cangrelor is an intravenous ADP-receptor blocker that interferes with platelet function. With a primary end point of death, myocardial infarction, or revascularization, cangrelor was not superior to placebo in patients undergoing PCI. However, there were fewer stent thromboses and deaths in the cangrelor group, leading the authors to suggest that c...

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Full title

Intravenous Platelet Blockade with Cangrelor during PCI

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_223910019

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_223910019

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ISSN

0028-4793

E-ISSN

1533-4406

DOI

10.1056/NEJMoa0908629

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