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1. Venous thromboembolism

   Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a blood clot in a vein. VTEs can partially or completely obstruct blood flow. The most frequent types of VTE are

   • deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and
   • pulmonary embolism (PE)

   Pharmacological VTE prophylaxis and treatment relies on the use of different classes of drugs; anti-coagulants, antiplatelet drugs and thrombolytic/fibrinolytic agents.

   efaccena - 18/04/2023 - 2:18pm

2. Antiplatelet drugs

   Antiplatelet drugs are designed to decrease platelet aggregation to inhibit thrombus formation in the arterial circulation. Used to treat patients with cardiac and cerebrovascular conditions.

   They are classified according to their mechanism of action:

   smaxwell - 10/10/2014 - 9:12am