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Identifying responsiveness to oral P2Y12 receptor blockers: platelet function assays and genetic tests.
Journal of cardiovascular medicine (Hagerstown, Md.) - 1 Dec 2013
Valgimigli Marco
Abstract excerpt
Some patients with acute coronary syndromes and/or who are undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) remain at risk for cardiovascular events despite antiplatelet treatment with clopidogrel. This may be due, at least in part, to high residual on-treatment platelet reactivity (PR). Given the potential seriousness of an incomplete response to treatment, there is a need for a simple, rapid and...
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