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Thromb Haemost 2008; 100(04): 521-522
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-07-0461
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Overcoming “resistance” to aspirin and clopidogrel with tirofiban: fact or fiction?

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai
1   Division of Cardiology, University of Turin, S. Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy
,
Marzia Lotrionte
2   Division of Heart Failure and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Cardiovascular Department, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
,
Imad Sheiban
1   Division of Cardiology, University of Turin, S. Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy
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Received 22 July 2008

Accepted 22 July 2008

Publication Date:
22 November 2017 (online)

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