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Antiplatelet treatment in unstable angina: aspirin, clopidogrel, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist, or all three?

S A Harding, N A Boon, A D Flapan

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

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Dr A Flapan, Cardiology Department, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, UK;
c.flapan{at}virgin.net

Evidence on the role of antiplatelet agents in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome is reviewed, and a strategy for their use in unstable angina is presented

Keywords: unstable angina; aspirin; clopidogrel; glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist

Abbreviations: ACS, acute coronary syndromes; GP, glycoprotein; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; RR, relative risk

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