Prasugrel offers consistent platelet control in appropriate patients requiring treatment - Lilly launches prasugrel (Efient) in South Africa : drug trends in cardiology
Index to South African Periodicals
- Date
- 2011-03-01
- Language
- English
- Media Type
- research article
- Pages
- 107, 109
- Keywords
- Cardiology, PCI, Acute myocardial infarction, AMI, LILLY, Anti-platelet therapy, Percutaneous coronary interventions, Prasugrel, Efient, Platelet control
- Author(s)
- Aalbers, J.
- Publication Title
- Cardiovascular journal of Africa
- Volume
- 22
- ISSN
- 1995-1892
- Description
- Reflects briefly on Prasugrel which represents a major breakthrough in anti-platelet therapy for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), offering significant benefits over the past decade's mainstay therapy of clopidogrel and aspirin in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI).
- Subject
- MEDICINE, DISEASE, THERAPY