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CYP2C19 genotype-guided antiplatelet therapy in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients-Rationale and design of the Patient Outcome after primary PCI (POPular) Genetics study.
American heart journal - 1 Jul 2014
Bergmeijer Thomas O, Janssen Paul W A, Schipper Jurjan C, Qaderdan Khalid, Ishak Maycel, Ruitenbeek Rianne S, Asselbergs Folkert W, van 't Hof Arnoud W J, Dewilde Willem J M, Spanó Fabrizio, Herrman Jean-Paul R, Kelder Johannes C, Postma Maarten J, de Boer Anthonius, Deneer Vera H M, ten Berg Jurriën M
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: In patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI), the use of dual antiplatelet therapy is essential to prevent atherothrombotic complications. Therefore, patients are treated with acetylsalicylic acid and clopidogrel, prasugrel, or ticagrelor. Clopidogrel, however, shows a major interindividual variation in antiplatelet...
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