Testing antiplatelet therapy

Ekaterina Lenk, Michael Spannagl Platelet Function Testing-guided Antiplatelet Therapy Platelet Function Testing-guided Antiplatelet Therapy

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the Western world. Several factors have led to the increase in vascular disorders, including the aging population, unhealthy lifestyles, increasing rates of diabetes and raised lipids, and further risk factors resulting in inflammation and calcification of the vascular endothelium. Activated platelets in damaged blood vessels can trigger...

Platelet Function Testing-Guided Antiplatelet Therapy

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the Western world. Several factors have led to the increase in vascular disorders, including the aging population, unhealthy lifestyles, increasing rates of diabetes and raised lipids, and further risk factors resulting in inflammation and calcification of the vascular endothelium. Activated platelets in damaged blood vessels can trigger...

Antiplatelet therapy and platelet function testing.

Eugene Braunwald,∗ Dominick Angiolillo,† Eric Bates,‡ Peter B. Berger,§ Deepak Bhatt,|| Christopher P. Cannon,∗ Mark I. Furman,¶ Paul Gurbel,∗∗ Alan D. Michelson,†† Eric Peterson,‡‡ Stephen Wiviott∗ ∗TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; †Department of Internal Medicine, University of Flori...

Genetic testing in antiplatelet therapy – not effective for perioperative bleeding

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...