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Effect of obesity on platelet reactivity and response to low-dose aspirin.
Preventive cardiology - 1 Jan 2010
Bordeaux Bryan C, Qayyum Rehan, Yanek Lisa R, Vaidya Dhananjay, Becker Lewis C, Faraday Nauder, Becker Diane M
Abstract excerpt
Insufficient platelet function suppression by aspirin is a predictor of cardiovascular events in high-risk patients. The authors assessed the impact of obesity on platelet responsiveness before and after 2 weeks of aspirin 81 mg/d in 2014 people. Obese individuals had greater baseline platelet reactivity. Comparing obese and nonobese individuals after aspirin therapy, results for aggregometry to collagen were 6.7...
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