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Telephone contact to improve adherence to dual antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stent implant...

Telephone contact to improve adherence to dual antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stent implant...

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Telephone contact to improve adherence to dual antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stent implantation

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Full title

Telephone contact to improve adherence to dual antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stent implantation

Publisher

England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society

Journal title

Heart (British Cardiac Society), 2013-04, Vol.99 (8), p.562-569

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Background Many patients delay or interrupt dual antiplatelet therapy (DAT) after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, which increases the risk of stent thrombosis and death. Objective To test the hypothesis that simple telephone contact made by nurses would improve adherence to and persistence of DAT. Design Randomised controlled trial. Patients...

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Full title

Telephone contact to improve adherence to dual antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stent implantation

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1318690103

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1318690103

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ISSN

1355-6037

E-ISSN

1468-201X

DOI

10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303004

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