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Serum fibrinogen is a better predictor of periprocedural events than platelet reactivity.

Original title: Elevated Plasma Fibrinogen Rather Than Residual Platelet Reactivity After Clopidogrel Pre-Treatment Is Associated With an Increased...

Ticagrelor, even better than we thought

Original title: Reduction in First and Recurrent Cardiovascular Events with Ticagrelor Compared with Clopidogrel in the PLATO Study. Reference: Payal...

Does the systematic use of clopidogrel reduce events prior to angioplasty?

Original title: Association of Clopidogrel Pretreatment with mortality, Cardiovascular events, and Major Bleeding among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary...

To discontinue clopidogrel after a year of infarction can be risky

Reference: Charlot et al. European Heart Journal 2012 (in press).International guideline recommendations approve giving dual antiplatelet therapy...

In patients with stroke history, Ticagrelor is superior to Clopidogrel

James SK, Storey RF, Khurmi N, et al. Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes...

Six Months Sufficient for Dual Antiplatelet Therapy

Reference: Kandzari DE, Barrer CS, Leon MB, et al. Dual antiplatelet therapy duration and clinical outcomes following treatment...

Ticagrelor vs. Clopidogrel in ST elevation MI: Pros and cons

Platelet Inhibition in the PLATO study: insights from the ECG substudy. En el Estudio PLATO quedó evidenciado que...