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Antiplatelet Medication in Patients with Vascular Disease and Following Interventions

Andres Schanzer, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Karen J. Ho, Harvard University
Michael Belkin, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Abstract

Citation: Schanzer A, Ho K, Belkin, M. Antiplatelet Medication in Patients with Vascular Disease and Following Interventions. In The Ischemic Extremity: New Findings and Treatment (Modern Trends in Vascular Surgery series). Edited by Pearce W, Rodriguez H, Yao J. PMPH-USA, 2010, p. 69-78. ISBN 1607950502, 9781607950509.

Summary: This chapter will concentrate on the patient with peripheral vascular disease, and will review the role of antiplatelet therapy in providing protection from major cardiovascular morbidity (myocardial infarction, stroke, or death), improved bypass graft patency, and decreased rates of restinosis and occlusion following peripheral percutaneous intervention.

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Suggested Citation

Andres Schanzer, Karen J. Ho, and Michael Belkin. "Antiplatelet Medication in Patients with Vascular Disease and Following Interventions" The Ischemic Extremity: New Findings and Treatment. Ed. Pearce W, Rodriguez H, Yao J.. PMPH-USA, 2010. 69-78.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andres_schanzer/22