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Clopidogrel for coronary stenting: response variability, drug resistance, and the effect of pretreatment platelet reactivity.
Circulation - 17 Jun 2003
Gurbel Paul A, Bliden Kevin P, Hiatt Bonnie L, O'Connor Christopher M
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BACKGROUND: Clopidogrel is administered to prevent stent thrombosis; however, the uniformity of platelet inhibition after treatment and the influence of pretreatment reactivity on drug response have not been described. METHODS AND RESULTS: Platelet aggregation (5 and 20 micromol/L ADP), the activation of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (PAC-1 antibody), and the expression of P-selectin were measured in patients undergoing...
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