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SUBMITTER: Kandan SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5808489 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kandan Sri Raveen SR Johnson Thomas W TW
Interventional cardiology (London, England) 20150301 1
Reperfusion therapy for patients presenting with an acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) involves primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) and concomitant oral antiplatelet and intravenous antithrombotic pharmacotherapy. There is a conflict between the desire to reduce the time between first medical contact and coronary re-canalisation and achieving effective platelet inhibition with oral antiplatelet agents. This review outlines the currently available antiplatelet ...[more]