Platelets, coagulation, and the vascular wall: the quest to better understand and smarten up our therapeutic targeting of this triad in primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular events

This editorial refers to ‘The key contribution of platelet and vascular arachidonic acid metabolism to the pathophysiology of atherothrombosis’ by  L. Badimonet al., pp. 2001 –2015; ‘Pleiotropic actions of factor Xa inhibition in cardiovascular prevention—mechanistic insights and implications for anti-thrombotic treatment’ by H. ten Cateet al., pp. 2030 –2044; ‘From organic and inorganic phosphates to valvular and vascular calcifications’ by M. Backet al., pp.2016 –2029.
Source: Cardiovascular Research - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research