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Westphal ES, Rainka M, Amsler M, Aladeen T, Wisniewski C, Bates V, Gengo FM. Prospective Determination of Aspirin Sensitivity in Patients Resistant to Low Dose Aspirin: A Proof of Concept Study. J Clin Pharmacol 2018; 58:1157-1163. [PMID: 29775206 DOI: 10.1002/jcph.1259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This study tested the capability of an assay to predict aspirin response and reduce ischemic events, and healthcare costs, and delays to optimal treatment. Patients who needed aspirin in the course of normal medical care were included. Patients were excluded if they had disorders affecting platelet function, alcohol use within 24 hours of a test, or NSAID use. Dose escalation of chewable aspirin from 81 mg, to 162 mg, to 325 mg daily occurred based on the results of whole blood impedance aggregation testing to the agonists, collagen (1ug/mL, 5 ug/mL) and arachidonate (0.5 mM) after 10-14 days of treatment. The experimental in vitro test was conducted in triplicate by performing aggregometry on samples spiked to a concentration of 10 uM of aspirin in 0.05% dimethyl sulfoxide. Of the 36 patients who were compliant 16 were found to be resistant to the antiplatelet effects of 81 mg daily aspirin. Nine of these patients were predicted to stay resistant despite dose increase. Once tested at higher doses, ten remained resistant. Seven of the 16 patients were predicted to become sensitive to a higher dose while six actually did. Predicted response to increased doses of aspirin was in good agreement with actual response. Sensitivity of the assay was 83% and specificity was 80%. Results are promising and indicate that it is possible to predict, with reasonable accuracy, if a patient will have an adequate platelet response to aspirin or if the patient will never respond to aspirin necessitating an alternative antiplatelet regimen. Larger, multisite studies are inevitably needed.
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- Dent Neurologic Institute, Amherst, NY, USA.,Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Westphal ES, Wisniewski C, Rainka M, Smith NM, Bates V, Gengo FM. The Development of an In Vitro Assay for the Prospective Determination of Aspirin Sensitivity. J Clin Pharmacol 2018; 58:1150-1156. [PMID: 29775202 DOI: 10.1002/jcph.1260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Aspirin remains the standard for stroke prophylaxis. However, as many as 20%-25% of patients may fail to show a full response to aspirin. Ideally, patients who are resistant to aspirin could be identified, then receive an increased dose of aspirin or be changed to an alternative therapy more efficiently. We have developed an in vitro assay that may make this possible. Healthy volunteers (n = 13) between 18 and 50 years of age were tested for both ex vivo and in vivo responses to aspirin. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was selected as the solvent for aspirin in the assay. DMSO can exhibit antiplatelet effects, necessitating the use of a concentration low enough to avoid such antiplatelet effects. Blood samples were tested against DMSO 0%, 0.05%, 0.5%, and 1% w/v with and without aspirin 0, 50, and 100 μM. The effects of both agents were measured via whole-blood aggregometry. A 3-dimensional response model described the data well, quantifying the combinatorial effect of DMSO and aspirin on platelet aggregation. Across all participants, baseline aggregation stimulated with collagen 1 μM or arachidonate 0.5 mM was approximately 18 and 13 Ω, respectively. The response model showed that 0.05% DMSO with 100 μM aspirin would provide platelet aggregation of 3.4 Ω. A DMSO concentration of 0.05% in the absence of aspirin would result in no discernable effects on platelet aggregation (17.7 Ω). Overall, the use of 100 μM of aspirin in 0.05% DMSO provides a robust method to test for ex vivo inhibition of platelet aggregation.
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Dent Neurologic Institute, Amherst, NY, USA.,School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.,NYS Center for Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Dent Neurologic Institute, Amherst, NY, USA.,School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Al Shamiri MQ, Abdel Gader AM, Bayoumy NM. Comparing light transmission aggregometry and PFA100 for monitoring antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary heart disease. J Taibah Univ Med Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2016.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Dretzke J, Riley RD, Lordkipanidzé M, Jowett S, O'Donnell J, Ensor J, Moloney E, Price M, Raichand S, Hodgkinson J, Bayliss S, Fitzmaurice D, Moore D. The prognostic utility of tests of platelet function for the detection of 'aspirin resistance' in patients with established cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease: a systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technol Assess 2016; 19:1-366. [PMID: 25984731 DOI: 10.3310/hta19370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The use of aspirin is well established for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. However, a proportion of patients suffer repeat cardiovascular events despite being prescribed aspirin treatment. It is uncertain whether or not this is due to an inherent inability of aspirin to sufficiently modify platelet activity. This report aims to investigate whether or not insufficient platelet function inhibition by aspirin ('aspirin resistance'), as defined using platelet function tests (PFTs), is linked to the occurrence of adverse clinical outcomes, and further, whether or not patients at risk of future adverse clinical events can be identified through PFTs. OBJECTIVES To review systematically the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness evidence regarding the association between PFT designation of 'aspirin resistance' and the risk of adverse clinical outcome(s) in patients prescribed aspirin therapy. To undertake exploratory model-based cost-effectiveness analysis on the use of PFTs. DATA SOURCES Bibliographic databases (e.g. MEDLINE from inception and EMBASE from 1980), conference proceedings and ongoing trial registries up to April 2012. METHODS Standard systematic review methods were used for identifying clinical and cost studies. A risk-of-bias assessment tool was adapted from checklists for prognostic and diagnostic studies. (Un)adjusted odds and hazard ratios for the association between 'aspirin resistance', for different PFTs, and clinical outcomes are presented; however, heterogeneity between studies precluded pooling of results. A speculative economic model of a PFT and change of therapy strategy was developed. RESULTS One hundred and eight relevant studies using a variety of PFTs, 58 in patients on aspirin monotherapy, were analysed in detail. Results indicated that some PFTs may have some prognostic utility, i.e. a trend for more clinical events to be associated with groups classified as 'aspirin resistant'. Methodological and clinical heterogeneity prevented a quantitative summary of prognostic effect. Study-level effect sizes were generally small and absolute outcome risk was not substantially different between 'aspirin resistant' and 'aspirin sensitive' designations. No studies on the cost-effectiveness of PFTs for 'aspirin resistance' were identified. Based on assumptions of PFTs being able to accurately identify patients at high risk of clinical events and such patients benefiting from treatment modification, the economic model found that a test-treat strategy was likely to be cost-effective. However, neither assumption is currently evidence based. LIMITATIONS Poor or incomplete reporting of studies suggests a potentially large volume of inaccessible data. Analyses were confined to studies on patients prescribed aspirin as sole antiplatelet therapy at the time of PFT. Clinical and methodological heterogeneity across studies precluded meta-analysis. Given the lack of robust data the economic modelling was speculative. CONCLUSIONS Although evidence indicates that some PFTs may have some prognostic value, methodological and clinical heterogeneity between studies and different approaches to analyses create confusion and inconsistency in prognostic results, and prevented a quantitative summary of their prognostic effect. Protocol-driven and adequately powered primary studies are needed, using standardised methods of measurements to evaluate the prognostic ability of each test in the same population(s), and ideally presenting individual patient data. For any PFT to inform individual risk prediction, it will likely need to be considered in combination with other prognostic factors, within a prognostic model. STUDY REGISTRATION This study is registered as PROSPERO 2012:CRD42012002151. FUNDING The National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme.
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- Janine Dretzke
- Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Research Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK
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- Health Economics, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Primary Care Clinical Sciences, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Research Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK
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- Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Primary Care Clinical Sciences, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Primary Care Clinical Sciences, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Sakr HI, Alamri HS, Almoghairi AM, Alkhudair AA, AlMasood AS. Prevalence and risk factors of clopidogrel non-response among Saudi patients undergoing coronary angiography. Saudi Med J 2016; 37:166-72. [PMID: 26837400 PMCID: PMC4800916 DOI: 10.15537/smj.2016.2.14263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of clopidogrel non-response and identify its risk factors among Saudi patients. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted at Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between January and June 2013, to assess the degree of platelet inhibition using the VerifyNow assay (Accumetrics, San Diego, CA, USA) after receiving clopidogrel standard loading dose. Clopidogrel resistance was defined as ≤15% platelet inhibition or greater than 213 P2Y12 reaction units (PRU). RESULTS Three hundred and four patients were included in the study. The mean age was 60.3 ± 11.4 years, and 73% were males. Clopidogrel doses were 300 mg (57%), 600 mg (27%), and 75 mg (16%). All patients used aspirin (81 mg in 94%). Approximately 66% (200/304) showed in vitro clopidogrel non-response, 54% had low platelet inhibitions, and 61% had high post-loading PRU. Using multivariate regression analysis that included all significant characteristics; only diabetes (odds ratio [OR]: 2.36, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.30-4.27, p=0.005) and higher preloading PRU (OR: 2.39, 95% CI: 1.40-4.11, p=0.002) remained significantly associated with higher clopidogrel non-response while myocardial infarction (OR: 0.34, 95% CI: 0.15-0.81, p=0.014) remained significantly associated with lower clopidogrel non-response. The associations of morbid obesity and diuretics use with higher clopidogrel non-response were slightly attenuated. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate a high rate of clopidogrel in-vitro non-response among Saudi patients undergoing coronary angiography.
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- Haitham I Sakr
- Department of Adult Cardiology, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail.
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Gengo F, Westphal ES, Rainka MM, Janda M, Robson MJ, Hourihane JM, Bates V. Platelet response to increased aspirin dose in patients with persistent platelet aggregation while treated with aspirin 81 mg. J Clin Pharmacol 2015; 56:414-21. [DOI: 10.1002/jcph.608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Fran Gengo
- Dent Neurologic InstituteBuffaloNYUSA
- State University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesBuffaloNYUSA
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- State University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesBuffaloNYUSA
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- Dent Neurologic InstituteBuffaloNYUSA
- Vanderbilt University School of MedicineDepartment of PharmacologyNashvilleTNUSA
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Wang J, Xiong X, Feng B. Aspirin resistance and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: current situation and prospectives. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE : ECAM 2014; 2014:954863. [PMID: 24696702 PMCID: PMC3948594 DOI: 10.1155/2014/954863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Aspirin plays a crucial physiological and pathophysiological role in cardiovascular diseases and cerebrovascular diseases by irreversibly inhibiting thromboxane A2. However, some patients may be "resistant" to its effect. The resistance has close association with adverse cardiovascular outcomes and increased mortality, so that resolving the problem of aspirin resistance (AR) is widely concerned. By studying the correlation between AR and blood stasis syndrome (BSS), it is demonstrated that BSS may be one of the pathogenesis of AR in traditional Chinese medicine. Chinese herb and formulas definitely possess the advantage of whole body regulation by many ways and many targets. It is a new direction for treatment of AR to combine TCM and modern medicine to study the mechanism and prevention of AR.
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- Jie Wang
- Department of Cardiology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beixiange 5, Xicheng District, Beijing 100053, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beixiange 5, Xicheng District, Beijing 100053, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beixiange 5, Xicheng District, Beijing 100053, China
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Platelets are anucleated fragments produced by megakaryocytes that circulate in the blood. Platelets are involved in the initial cellular response to damaged endothelium and migrate to this area to prevent excessive bleeding. What is becoming more acknowledged over the last few decades is that blood flow (hemodynamics) plays a critical role in platelet function. The purpose of this review is to summarize the current understanding of platelet biology with particular focus on the role of hemodynamics. The emerging concept of shear microgradients, which are challenging the traditional model of platelet function, will also be introduced in the review.
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- Angus Ka Tsun Wong
- Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, 6th Floor, Burnet Tower, 89 Commercial Rd., Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
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Choi SW, Choi DH, Kim HW, Ku YH, Ha SI, Park G. Clinical outcome prediction from mean platelet volume in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in Korean cohort: Implications of more simple and useful test than platelet function testing. Platelets 2013; 25:322-7. [DOI: 10.3109/09537104.2013.821606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Goh C, Churilov L, Mitchell P, Dowling R, Yan B. Clopidogrel hyper-response and bleeding risk in neurointerventional procedures. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2012; 34:721-6. [PMID: 23275598 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a3418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Antiplatelet therapy is associated with decreased ischemic events after neurointerventional procedures. Antiplatelet resistance negates the protective effects of antiplatelet medication, leading to a higher incidence of ischemic events. A possible link between antiplatelet hyper-response and increased hemorrhagic complications has been inadequately investigated. We aimed to examine the correlation between antiplatelet hyper-response and the risk of hemorrhagic complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients who were treated with antiplatelet medications and underwent neurointerventional procedures were prospectively recruited. We collected the following data: demographics, vascular risk factors, antiplatelet and anticoagulation treatment, antiplatelet responsiveness, coagulation profile, and hemorrhagic complications. P2Y12 receptor-mediated platelet inhibition was tested by using the VerifyNow assay device. The primary end points were postprocedural major and minor hemorrhagic complications. Receiver operator characteristic analysis was used to evaluate the percentage of platelet inhibition as a diagnostic tool for bleeding events. The association between hemorrhage and percentage of platelet inhibition was investigated by using logistic regression modeling. RESULTS Forty-seven patients were enrolled. The mean age was 56±12 years, and 28% were men. Ten patients (21.3%) developed hemorrhagic complications. Clopidogrel response was higher in patients with a major bleeding complication compared with those with minor or no bleeding (median, 94% versus 24% platelet inhibition; P=.0084). Of the 7 patients (14.9%) defined as hyper-responders with ≥72% platelet inhibition, 42.8% had a major bleeding complication. CONCLUSIONS Hyper-response to clopidogrel is associated with increased risk of hemorrhagic complications. Larger studies are urgently needed to validate a clinically useful threshold to define clopidogrel hyper-response and to examine the clinical effects of antiplatelet dosage adjustment.
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- C Goh
- Department of Radiology, Neurointervention Service, Comprehensive Stroke Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Saad AA, Ismail EAR, Darwish YW, Nasr HA, Hassan AR, Bedeer I, Alfons MA. Platelet function profile post-clopidogrel therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes undergoing coronary stent implantation. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2011; 18:249-57. [PMID: 22146578 DOI: 10.1177/1076029611427899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Platelet dysfunction contributes to the increased risk of thromboischemic complications after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), particularly in type 2 diabetes. Little is known about the effects of glycemic control on platelet reactivity. We assessed adenosine diphosphate-induced platelet aggregation and flow cytometric expression of P-selectin in 90 patients (56 diabetic and 34 nondiabetic patients) undergoing coronary stent implantation after administration of clopidogrel as a potential predictor of poststent complications and its relation to glycemic control. Posttreatment platelet reactivity was significantly elevated in diabetic compared with nondiabetic participants and was associated with smoking, hypercholesterolemia, overweight, and cardiovascular ischemic events. A linear relationship was found between hemoglobin A1c in diabetic patients and platelet reactivity. Both methods (standard aggregometry and P-selectin expression) used for assessment of platelet function were positively correlated. Low responsiveness to clopidogrel detected by posttreatment platelet reactivity is a risk factor for ischemic events after PCI in diabetic patients.
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- Abeer Attia Saad
- Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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