Antiplatelet drugs: Difference between revisions

Created page with "'''Antiplatelet drugs''' are drugs which treat and prevent thrombosis by targeting the platelet's role in the coagulation cascade, thereby reducing the blood's tendency to form thrombi. As with anticoagulants, antiplatelets are also widely used in medicine (mostly cardiology and vascular surgery). Many patients are on antiplatelets. Unlike anticoagulants, antiplatelet drugs can be combined. When there is vascular damage, receptors on the surface of platelet..."