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SUBMITTER: Tayeb HM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3417919 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tayeb Hussam M HM Nelson Adam J AJ Willoughby Scott R SR Worthley Matthew I MI
Patient related outcome measures 20101230
Platelets play a central role in atherothrombosis and subsequent development of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The understanding of this process has driven a large body of evidence demonstrating the mortality and morbidity benefits of antiplatelet agents in the ACS population. As expected, however, these agents come with an intrinsically increased risk of bleeding which underlies the vast majority of their complications and adverse effects. In today's setting of compounding comorbidities and br ...[more]