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(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...") |
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'''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. | '''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. | ||
Antiplatelets are mostly used to prevent thrombosis in the arterial circulation, including the coronary circulation. | |||
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. | 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. | ||
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As you can see, antiplatelets are mostly used in case of arterial thrombosis due to [[Atherosclerosis|atherosclerotic]] cardiovascular disease. | As you can see, antiplatelets are mostly used in case of arterial thrombosis due to [[Atherosclerosis|atherosclerotic]] cardiovascular disease. | ||
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