THE GLYCOPROTEIN IIB IIIA PLATELET RECEPTOR BLOCKER TIROFIBAN NOT HEPARIN, COUNTERACTS PLATELET-AGGREGATION IN UNSTABLE ANGINA-PECTORIS/

Authors
MATTSSON E MARTINSSON A NYQVIST O RASMANIS G SYLVEN C KARLBERG KE
Citation
E. Mattsson et al., THE GLYCOPROTEIN IIB IIIA PLATELET RECEPTOR BLOCKER TIROFIBAN NOT HEPARIN, COUNTERACTS PLATELET-AGGREGATION IN UNSTABLE ANGINA-PECTORIS/, The American journal of cardiology, 80(7), 1997, pp. 938
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:7<938:TGIIPR>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In this study, despite concomitant aspirin treatment, tirofiban, but n ot heparin, reduced platelet aggregation in patients with acute myocar dial ischemia. Platelet aggregation was determined with 2 independent methods, filtragometry and whole blood aggregometry.