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Title:

High platelet reactivity and clinical outcome - fact and fiction.

Document type:
Journal Article; Review; Article
Author(s):
Sibbing, D; Byrne, RA; Bernlochner, I; Kastrati, A
Abstract:
In patients suffering from acute coronary syndromes or undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, oral antiplatelet treatment is routinely administered with the primary aim of inhibiting platelet-mediated thrombus formation and subsequent abrupt vessel occlusion. Simultaneous inhibition of blood platelet cyclooxygenase-1 by aspirin and of the P2Y12 receptor by clopidogrel or prasugrel is currently recommended in this setting. Inter-individual response variability to aspirin and especially to...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Thromb Haemost
Year:
2011
Journal volume:
106
Journal issue:
2
Pages contribution:
191-202
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1160/TH11-01-0040
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21505714
Print-ISSN:
0340-6245
TUM Institution:
I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Kardiologie)
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