Published in Hematology Week, December 20th, 2004
According to the report from Germany, "Atherothrombotic diseases and especially coronary and cerebrovascular diseases are the most important causes of death in western countries. Besides the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors like hyperlipidemia, smoking and arterial hypertension along with improvements in the catheter-based interventional. therapy, the treatment of cardiovascular dieases with platelet aggregation inhibitors improved the patients' long-term outcome and mortality."
P.L. Schwimmbeck of the Charite Medical...
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Source: Hematology Week (2004-12-20)
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