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Ticagrelor reduces cardiac events in patients with PAD or diabetes

Nature Reviews Cardiology volume 13, pages 310–311 (2016)Cite this article

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In patients with prior myocardial infarction (MI) and concomitant peripheral artery disease (PAD) or diabetes mellitus, addition of ticagrelor to standard aspirin therapy significantly reduces major adverse cardiac events. These results were presented at the ACC.16 Scientific Sessions and simultaneously published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

addition of ticagrelor to standard aspirin therapy significantly reduced major adverse cardiac events

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  1. Karina Huynh
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Huynh, K. Ticagrelor reduces cardiac events in patients with PAD or diabetes. Nat Rev Cardiol 13, 310–311 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2016.61

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