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High platelet reactivity and clinical outcome - fact and fiction.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Aug 2011
Sibbing Dirk, Byrne Robert A, Bernlochner Isabell, Kastrati Adnan
Abstract excerpt
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...
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