Thienopyridine Resistance Among Patients Undergoing Intracoronary Stent Implantation and Treated With Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: Assessment of Some Modifying Factors

• Main Authors: Nina Djukanovic (Author), Zoran Todorovic (Author), Aleksandra Grdinic (Author), Danilo Vojvodic (Author), Milica Prostran (Author), Miodrag Ostojic (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In this open, prospective study we assessed the prevalence of antiplatelet resistance among patients subjected to intracoronary stent implantation. In patients treated with aspirin + thienopyridine (N = 32), platelet reactivity index (PRI) significantly decreased after 2 and 7 days of dual antiplate...