Rivaroxaban in patients with a recent acute coronary syndrome

Jessica L Mega, Eugene Braunwald, Stephen D Wiviott, Jean-Pierre Bassand, Deepak L Bhatt, Christoph Bode, Paul Burton, Marc Cohen, Nancy Cook-Bruns, Keith A A Fox, Shinya Goto, Sabina A Murphy, Alexei N Plotnikov, David Schneider, Xiang Sun, Freek W A Verheugt, C Michael Gibson, ATLAS ACS 2–TIMI 51 Investigators, Peer Grande

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    Abstract

    Acute coronary syndromes arise from coronary atherosclerosis with superimposed thrombosis. Since factor Xa plays a central role in thrombosis, the inhibition of factor Xa with low-dose rivaroxaban might improve cardiovascular outcomes in patients with a recent acute coronary syndrome.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalNew England Journal of Medicine
    Volume366
    Issue number1
    Pages (from-to)9-19
    Number of pages11
    ISSN0028-4793
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

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