The devastating power of platelets in COPD exacerbations: can aspirin save lives in COPD?

Thorax. 2014 Jul;69(7):603-4. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205329. Epub 2014 Apr 17.
No abstract available

Keywords: Emphysema.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Aspirin / therapeutic use*
  • Clopidogrel
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / mortality*
  • Thrombocytosis / drug therapy*
  • Thrombocytosis / mortality*
  • Ticlopidine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Ticlopidine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
  • Clopidogrel
  • Ticlopidine
  • Aspirin