TY - JOUR
T1 - Platelet Function Testing in Clinical Practice - Experience and Views from Europe and the US
AU - Bergmeijer, Thomas O.
AU - van Werkum, Jochem Wouter
AU - Tantry, Udaya S.
AU - Gurbel, Paul A.
AU - ten Berg, Jrien M.
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - A 68-year-old male is admitted to our hospital because of a 50-minute episode of chest pain occurring during the night. On admission he is symptom-free. His electrocardiogram shows new negative T waves in the leads V1-V3. Troponin T, measured twice, with a six-hour interval, is negative. His previous history mentions diabetes mellitus type II, hypercholesterolaemia and obesity (110 kg/176 cm/body mass index 35). He is treated with aspirin (300 mg loading dose, then 80 mg/day), clopidogrel (600 mg loading dose, then 75 mg/day), fondaparinux (2.5 mg subcutaneously/day) and metoprolol (100 mg/day). He is scheduled to undergo coronary angiography the next day. The question is: should we measure platelet function and/or genetics in this patient?.
AB - A 68-year-old male is admitted to our hospital because of a 50-minute episode of chest pain occurring during the night. On admission he is symptom-free. His electrocardiogram shows new negative T waves in the leads V1-V3. Troponin T, measured twice, with a six-hour interval, is negative. His previous history mentions diabetes mellitus type II, hypercholesterolaemia and obesity (110 kg/176 cm/body mass index 35). He is treated with aspirin (300 mg loading dose, then 80 mg/day), clopidogrel (600 mg loading dose, then 75 mg/day), fondaparinux (2.5 mg subcutaneously/day) and metoprolol (100 mg/day). He is scheduled to undergo coronary angiography the next day. The question is: should we measure platelet function and/or genetics in this patient?.
KW - Coronary angiography
KW - Dual antiplatelet therapy
KW - Percutaneous coronary intervention
KW - Platelet function testing
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U2 - 10.15420/ecr.2011.7.3.203
DO - 10.15420/ecr.2011.7.3.203
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84856103841
SN - 1758-3756
VL - 7
SP - 203
EP - 211
JO - European Cardiology
JF - European Cardiology
IS - 3
ER -