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Thrombin-receptor antagonist vorapaxar in acute coronary syndromes

Pierluigi Tricoci, Zhen Huang, Claes Held, David J Moliterno, Paul W Armstrong, Frans Van de Werf, Harvey D White, Philip E Aylward, Lars Wallentin, Edmond Chen, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Jinglan Pei, Sergio Leonardi, Tyrus L Rorick, Ann M Kilian, Lisa H K Jennings, Giuseppe Ambrosio, Christoph Bode, Angel Cequier, Jan H CornelRafael Diaz, Aycan Erkan, Kurt Huber, Michael P Hudson, Lixin Jiang, J Wouter Jukema, Basil S Lewis, A Michael Lincoff, Gilles Montalescot, José Carlos Nicolau, Hisao Ogawa, Matthias Pfisterer, Juan Carlos Prieto, Witold Ruzyllo, Peter R Sinnaeve, Robert F Storey, Marco Valgimigli, David J Whellan, Petr Widimsky, John Strony, Robert A Harrington, Kenneth W Mahaffey, TRACER Investigators, Peer Grande, Søren Galatius

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    Abstract

    Vorapaxar is a new oral protease-activated-receptor 1 (PAR-1) antagonist that inhibits thrombin-induced platelet activation.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalNew England Journal of Medicine
    Volume366
    Issue number1
    Pages (from-to)20-33
    Number of pages14
    ISSN0028-4793
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Keywords

    • Acute Coronary Syndrome
    • Aged
    • Angioplasty
    • Cardiovascular Diseases
    • Combined Modality Therapy
    • Coronary Artery Bypass
    • Double-Blind Method
    • Drug Therapy, Combination
    • Female
    • Follow-Up Studies
    • Hemorrhage
    • Humans
    • Intracranial Hemorrhages
    • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
    • Lactones
    • Male
    • Middle Aged
    • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
    • Pyridines
    • Receptor, PAR-1

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