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Cangrelor: more effective than clopidogrel without increasing bleeding 

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Original title: Effect of Platelet Inhibition with Cangrelor during PCI on Ischemic Events. CHAMPION PHOENIX. Reference: Deepak L. Bhatt et al. N Engl J Med 2013. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1300815.

Despite advances in adjuvant therapy thrombotic complications remain a problem during coronary angioplasty. So far, up to the present, there was only P2Y

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