| Literature DB >> 21119336 |
Julio Marchini1, David Morrow, Frederic Resnic, Andre Manica, James Kirshenbaum, Christopher Cannon, Kevin Croce.
Abstract
An algorithm for use of Prasugrel (Effient) in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention at the Brigham and Women's Hospital is presented. Our algorithm, which is in the process of being implemented, is consistent with published and generally accepted standards of care and is based on data from the pivotal Trial to Assess Improvement in Therapeutic Outcomes by Optimizing Platelet Inhibition with Prasugrel-Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TRITON-TIMI) 38, which compared clopidogrel with prasugrel in acute coronary syndrome patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Areas of focus include analysis of the benefit of prasugrel over clopidogrel in acute coronary syndrome patients and appropriate selection of patients for prasugrel treatment.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21119336 PMCID: PMC3039920 DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e3181fe9817
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Crit Pathw Cardiol ISSN: 1535-2811