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Dual antiplatelet therapy unmasks distinct platelet reactivity in patients with coronary artery disease.

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posted on 2019-11-22, 16:26 authored by Aaron Peace, Tony Tedesco, David Foley, Patrick Dicker, Michael Berndt, Dermot Kenny
BACKGROUND: Platelet-induced thrombosis is a major risk factor for recurrent ischemic events, although platelet function in patients with cardiovascular disease taking aspirin and clopidogrel is very poorly characterized. The aim of this study was to assess platelet reactivity in patients with cardiovascular disease taking aspirin and clopidogrel. METHODS: We developed a rapid assay to measure platelet aggregation in response to arachidonic acid, collagen, adenosine diphosphate (ADP), epinephrine and thrombin receptor activating peptide (TRAP) in 80 healthy volunteers. We then recruited 200 consecutive patients from outpatient clinics and the cardiac catheterization laboratory and tested platelet function. Platelet aggregation induced by epinephrine is a marker of global platelet reactivity. We tested platelet function in 146 patients compliant with antiplatelet therapy. Platelet aggregation to epinephrine was divided into quartiles. The platelet response to the other agonists was analysed based on the response to epinephrine. RESULTS: Platelet reactivity increased significantly across the quartiles in response to epinephrine in healthy volunteers and patients (P < 0.0001). A significant increase in response across quartiles was seen with all agonists in healthy volunteers (P < 0.001). In contrast, a significant increase in response across quartiles was only seen with ADP in patients (P < 0.0001). Hypertension, smoking and diabetes were significantly associated with increasing platelet reactivity to epinephrine (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: This study shows that platelet response differs between healthy volunteers and patients on dual antiplatelet therapy. In patients with cardiovascular disease, dual antiplatelet therapy unmasks a distinct type of platelet reactivity in response to epinephrine and ADP but not other agonists.

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Peace A, Tedesco T, Foley D, Dicker P, Berndt M, Kenny D. Dual antiplatelet therapy unmasks distinct platelet reactivity in patients with coronary artery disease. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2008;12:2027-34.

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2008-12-01

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Blackwell Pub.

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18823340