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Response variability to P2Y12 receptor inhibitors: expectations and reality.
JACC. Cardiovascular interventions - 1 Nov 2013
Siller-Matula Jolanta M, Trenk Dietmar, Schrör Karsten, Gawaz Meinrad, Kristensen Steen D, Storey Robert F, Huber Kurt
Abstract excerpt
P2Y12 inhibitors are widely used in patients with acute coronary syndromes and in the secondary prevention of thrombotic events in vascular diseases. Within the past few years, several pharmacological, genetic, and clinical limitations of the second-generation thienopyridine clopidogrel have raised major concerns. High on-treatment platelet reactivity, which is common in clopidogrel-treated patients, and its...
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