RT Book, Section
A1 Smith, Jessica L.
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Cydulka, Rita K.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Handel, Daniel A.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 56278317
T1 Chapter 138. Anticoagulants, Antiplatelet Agents, and Fibrinolytics
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 7e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178184-8
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56278317
RD 2022/08/19
AB Antithrombotic  therapy  is  used  to  treat  ST  elevation  MI,  non-ST  elevation  MI,  unstable  angina,  deep  venous  thrombosis,  pulmonary  embolism,  transient  ischemic  attack,  and  ischemic  stroke.  These  agents  are  also  used  to  prevent  occlusive  vascular  events  in  patients  at  risk.  Detailed  management  strategies  and  dosing  regimens  are  provided  in  Chapter  18  "Acute  Coronary  Syndromes:  Management  of  Acute  Myocardial  Infarction  and  Unstable  Angina,"  Chapter  25  "Thromboembolism,"  and  Chapter  141  "Stroke  and  Transient  Ischemic  Attack."  This  chapter  provides  an  overview  of  antithrombotic  agents.