Plavix(R) Indications Expanded in Japan to Include Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome for Whom Percutaneous Coronary

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    References:
    1 Guidelines for Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome without Persistent
      ST segment Elevation (JCS 2002, Circulation Journal Vol.66, Suppl. IV.
      2002, pp.1123-1163)
    2 Guidelines for management of anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy in
      cardiovascular disease (JCS 2004, Circulation Journal Vol.68, Suppl.
      IV, 2004, pp.1153-1219)
    3 The American College of Cardiology/The American Heart Association
    4 ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable
      Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Circulation 116: 803 -
      877, 2007
    5 The American College of Cardiology/The American Heart Association/The
      Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
    6 ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 Guideline Update for Percutaneous Coronary
      Intervention: Circulation 113(7): e166 - e286, 2006
    7 The European Society of Cardiology
    8 Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation
      acute coronary syndromes: Eur Heart J. 28(13): 1598-1660, 2007

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