Antithrombotic Therapy after Acute Coronary Syndrome or PCI in Atrial Fibrillation

The prevention of stroke and restenosis of coronary arteries in patients with atrial fibrillation who have an acute coronary syndrome or undergo percutaneous coronary intervention relies on antithrombotic therapy. In a two-by-two factorial, randomized trial, apixaban plus clopidogrel was more effect...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2019-04, Vol.380 (16), p.1509-1524
Hauptverfasser: Lopes, Renato D, Heizer, Gretchen, Aronson, Ronald, Vora, Amit N, Massaro, Tyler, Mehran, Roxana, Goodman, Shaun G, Windecker, Stephan, Darius, Harald, Li, Jia, Averkov, Oleg, Bahit, M. Cecilia, Berwanger, Otavio, Budaj, Andrzej, Hijazi, Ziad, Parkhomenko, Alexander, Sinnaeve, Peter, Storey, Robert F, Thiele, Holger, Vinereanu, Dragos, Granger, Christopher B, Alexander, John H
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Zusammenfassung:The prevention of stroke and restenosis of coronary arteries in patients with atrial fibrillation who have an acute coronary syndrome or undergo percutaneous coronary intervention relies on antithrombotic therapy. In a two-by-two factorial, randomized trial, apixaban plus clopidogrel was more effective than a vitamin K antagonist, with or without aspirin.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1817083