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Clopidogrel-taking behavior by drug-eluting stent patients: Discontinuers versus continuers

BACKGROUND: Each day, patients make choices whether or not to take their prescribed medications. Previous research has shown that 1 in 7 myocardial infarction (MI) patients discontinued thienopyridines within 1 month of receiving a drug-eluting stent (DES) with serious consequences. This qualitative...

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Autores principales: Decker, Carole, Garavalia, Linda, Garavalia, Brian, Spertus, John A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2770390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19920959