Arman T. Askari

A. Michael Lincoff

Substantial morbidity and mortality remains associated with thrombotic events has stimulated the rapid expansion of the available armamentarium to combat pathologic thrombosis. Pathologic thrombosis plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), ischemic complications of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), venous thromboembolic disease, and embolic complications of arrhythmias and various cardiomyopathies. Written by experts in the field, Antithrombotic Drug Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease carefully examines individual and various combinations of the available antithrombotic regimens including fibrinolytic agents, antiplatelet therapies (aspirin, thieneopyridines, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors), and anticoagulant therapies (unfractionated heparin, low-molecular-weight heparins, direct thrombin inhibitors, and synthetic factor X inhibitors), non-ST-segment elevation (NSTE) ACS and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). A detailed overview, Antithrombotic Drug Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease presents the evidence demonstrating the efficacy of available antithrombotic therapies in specific disease states such as atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT).

Antithrombotic Drug Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease

In Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Cardiovascular Disease, the major investigators working in this rapidly advancing field join together under the aegis of A. Michael Lincoff and Eric J. Topol to provide the first comprehensive overview of the preclinical and clinical development of the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonists. These acknowledged experts elucidate the theoretical basis for the inhibition of platelet aggregation in the treatment of coronary syndromes, present and synthesize evidence for the efficacy of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade in inhibiting ischemic complications of both coronary intervention and acute coronary syndromes, and provide guidelines for the use of this novel class of agents in the clinical management of cardiovascular disease. They also compare the pharmacology and clinical efficacy of the currently available glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors and speculate about further potential applications of these agents in the treatment of vascular disease. Written by the scientists and physicians who discovered and characterized this important new class of receptors, invented the first IIb/IIIa agents, and conducted the definitive clinical trials, Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Cardiovascular Disease offers the most complete and authoritative review of these powerful new therapeutics available today.

A. Michael Lincoff

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