Bedside Monitoring to Adjust Antiplatelet Therapy for Coronary Stenting

In this trial, bedside platelet-function monitoring to adjust antiplatelet therapy after coronary stent implantation did not reduce the rate of subsequent cardiovascular events, a finding that calls into question the clinical value of this type of testing. Clopidogrel and aspirin play a central role...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 367; no. 22; pp. 2100 - 2109
Main Authors:	Collet, Jean-Philippe, Cuisset, Thomas, Rangé, Grégoire, Cayla, Guillaume, Elhadad, Simon, Pouillot, Christophe, Henry, Patrick, Motreff, Pascal, Carrié, Didier, Boueri, Ziad, Belle, Loic, Van Belle, Eric, Rousseau, Hélène, Aubry, Pierre, Monségu, Jacques, Sabouret, Pierre, O'Connor, Stephen A, Abtan, Jérémie, Kerneis, Mathieu, Saint-Etienne, Christophe, Barthélémy, Olivier, Beygui, Farzin, Silvain, Johanne, Vicaut, Eric, Montalescot, Gilles
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Waltham, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 29.11.2012
Subjects:	Acute coronary syndromes Aged Antiplatelet therapy Aspirin Aspirin - administration & dosage Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Catheterization Cerebral infarction Clinical trials Clopidogrel Coronary Disease - mortality Coronary Disease - therapy Coronary heart disease Coronary Thrombosis Diseases of the cardiovascular system Drug dosages Drug Monitoring - methods Drug therapy Female General aspects Heart Heart attacks Humans Implants Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Myocardial infarction Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology Patients Piperazines - administration & dosage Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - administration & dosage Platelets Point-of-Care Systems Prasugrel Hydrochloride Pyridines - administration & dosage Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects) Retreatment Stents Stents - adverse effects Stroke Thiophenes - administration & dosage Thrombosis Ticlopidine - administration & dosage Ticlopidine - analogs & derivatives France Bed Endoprosthesis Point-of-care testing Angioplasty Coronary artery Instrumentation therapy Cardiovascular disease Patient Coronary heart disease Stent Antiplatelet agent Medicine Chemotherapy Treatment Surveillance Point of care testing
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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