| Literature DB >> 28120727 |
Maria E Tsoumani1, Alexandros D Tselepis2.
Abstract
Thrombosis is the formation of potentially deadly blood clots in the artery (arterial thrombosis) or vein (venous thrombosis). Since thrombosis is one of the main causes of death worldwide, the development of antithrombotic agents is a global medical priority. They are subdivided into antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants. Antiplatelet agents inhibit clot formation by preventing platelet activation and aggregation, while anticoagulants primarily inhibit the coagulation cascade and fibrin formation. Therapeutics within each category differs with respect to the mechanism of action, time to onset, duration of effect and route of administration. In this review, we critically discuss their main pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic characteristics as well as recent advances in daily clinical practice. Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.org.Entities:
Keywords: Anticoagulants; antidotes; antiplatelet agents; factor Xa; thrombin; thrombosis
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28120727 DOI: 10.2174/1381612823666170124141806
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Pharm Des ISSN: 1381-6128 Impact factor: 3.116