New Anti-Clotting Medication Not More Effective than Standard Care; Hint of Other Clinical Benefits
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 11:49
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two large studies confirmed that an investigational, reversible anti-clotting medication failed to show greater effectiveness than clopidogrel or a placebo for patients undergoing a procedure to open blocked coronary arteries, according to researchers at the Duke Clinical Research Institute.