Dual antiplatelet therapy and the severity risk of lower intestinal bleeding
Background: Dual antiplatelet (Plt) therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel is recommended for up to 1 year following acute coronary syndrome. Many of these cardiac patients are also on anithrombotic therapy like warfarin. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) is the main adverse event of this treatme...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock |
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Online Access: | http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2017;volume=10;issue=3;spage=98;epage=102;aulast=Carlin |