PMID: 15374255Jan 1, 1995Paper

Atherosclerosis and thrombosis. Old and new drugs

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
R PaolettiS Colli

Abstract

Thanks to the increasing knowledge of the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, much effort has been made in the last years to develop new drugs aimed at controlling risk factors correlated with the disease as well as to investigate more deeply their mechanism of action. In particular, this brief review will describe some new aspects of the mechanism of action of drugs widely used in the control of risk factors like hyperlipemia, hypertension and blood viscosity. Among drugs active on plasma lipid profile, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor are, at present, under study for their promising activity in the modulation of the interaction between the cells of the arterial wall and circulating blood elements. Indeed, these compounds have been found to control the proliferation of smooth muscle cells and other events related to the formation of atheroma. As far as antithrombotic drugs are concerned, the efficacy of low doses of aspirin has emerged by recent clinical trials. The successful use of low doses of aspirin has been possible following the comprehension of the mechanism by which this compound inhibits TXA-dependent platelet function, thus allowing a dose-dependent dissociation of the antithrombotic activity from other undesirable effects....Continue Reading

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Apr 19, 2005·Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part a·Donna M HyltonRobert A Latour

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