Clopidogrel results in favourable changes in nitric oxide metabolism in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Shantu Bundhoo; Ewelina Sagan; Philip E. James; Richard A. Anderson

doi:10.1160/TH13-05-0394

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2014; 111(02): 373-374
DOI: 10.1160/TH13-05-0394

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Clopidogrel results in favourable changes in nitric oxide metabolism in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Shantu Bundhoo

¹Cardiovascular Biology and Metabolism, The Institute of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Wales Heart Research Institute, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK

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Ewelina Sagan

¹Cardiovascular Biology and Metabolism, The Institute of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Wales Heart Research Institute, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK

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Philip E. James

¹Cardiovascular Biology and Metabolism, The Institute of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Wales Heart Research Institute, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK

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Richard A. Anderson

¹Cardiovascular Biology and Metabolism, The Institute of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Wales Heart Research Institute, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK

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