ANVENDELSE AF PYRIDINONFORBINDELSER MED ANTITHROMBOTISK VIRKNING I LAEGEMIDLER

Compounds of the formula in which A and B are, together with the two carbon atoms between them, a methoxyphenyl, dimethoxyphenyl or pyridine ring, D is a nitrogen atom or a CH group, R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is a branched alkyl group with 3 to 6 carbon atoms or a straight-chain alkylene group which has 2 or 3 carbon atoms and which is terminally substituted by a methoxyphenyl, dimethoxyphenyl or methylphenoxy group, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methoxy group, the antipodes thereof and the physiologically tolerated acid addition salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids are used for the treatment and prophylaxis of thromboembolic disorders, for the prophylaxis of arteriosclerosis and for the prophylaxis of metastases.