Progress of antiplatelet therapy

Antiplatelet Therapy – Recent Advances

Haemostatic function of platelets is vital & their pathological role is potentially lethal. In pathological states there is over activation and aggregation of blood platelets resulting in atherothrombosis causes various states from angina to acute coronary syndromes, stroke and peripheral artery diseases. Platelets are anuclear subcellular fragments derived from megakaryocytes that circulate in...

Perioperative antiplatelet therapy.

Aspirin is recommended as a lifelong therapy that should never be interrupted for patients with cardiovascular dis- ease. Clopidogrel therapy is mandatory for six weeks after placement of bare-metal stents, three to six months after myocardial infarction, and at least 12 months after placement of drug-eluting stents. Because of the hypercoagulable state induced by surgery, early withdrawal of a...

Perioperative management of antiplatelet therapy.

Worldwide, cardiovascular events represent the major cause of morbidity and mortality. A key role in the pathogenesis of these events is played by platelets. Interventional procedures, with placement of coronary and vascular stents, often represent the preferred therapeutic strategy. Antiplatelet medications are considered first-line therapy in preventing cardiovascular thrombotic events. A wid...

Antiplatelet therapy in cardiovascular disease.

Platelet activation and aggregation are considered to be central to arterial thrombus formation. Antiplatelet therapy is therefore important for both the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease. Aspirin, the most widely used antiplatelet agent, inhibits platelet cyclo-oxygenase and the conversion of arachidonic acid to the potent platelet agonist thromboxane A(2) but does not prevent...

Antiplatelet therapy following stent deployment.