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DAPT in Complex PCI
Author(s):
Dimitrios Alexopoulos
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Charalampos Varlamos
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Despoina-Rafailia Benetou
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3 years ago
Article
Author(s):
Rik Rozemeijer
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Wijnand P van Bezouwen
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Michiel Voskuil
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et al
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3 years ago
Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) consisting of aspirin and a P2Y12 inhibitor is prescribed in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation. An important misconception remains that DAPT should be prescribed to prevent stent thrombosis. Although this may seem obvious, it should be emphasized that the…
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Author(s):
Colin T Phillips
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Michael C Gavin
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3 years ago
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) occurs most often when a vulnerable intracoronary plaque ruptures or erodes to expose a prothrombotic core, precipitating thrombus formation by way of platelet activation,1–3 The spectrum of ACS includes non-ST segment-elevation (NSTE) ACS, where a vulnerable plaque threatens downstream coronary perfusion manifest as an increase in symptom frequency and/or duration …
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Dual Anti-platelet Therapy after Coronary Stenting: Rationale for Personalized Duration of Therapy
Author(s):
Donald E Cutlip
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3 years ago
Article
Author(s):
Johny Nicolas
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Usman Baber
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Roxana Mehran
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3 years ago
Seminal clinical trials conducted in the balloon angioplasty and bare metal stent era established the superiority of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) as compared with aspirin monotherapy or anticoagulation with respect to the prevention of thrombotic events.1,2 Other studies found that the benefits of DAPT are durable for at least 1 year and extend to patients with acute coronary syndromes.3–5…
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Author(s):
Dominick J Angiolillo
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3 years ago
Prof Dominick J Angiolillo (University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, US) discusses the findings of the TWILIGHT study.
The TWILIGHT study compared the use of ticagrelor alone versus ticagrelor and aspirin together.
Questions :
1. Can you remind us of the TWILIGHT study and what it showed?
2. Why have you conducted this sub-analysis in high risk patients with…
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Author(s):
Charalampos Varlamos
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Ioannis Lianos
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Despoina-Rafailia Benetou
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et al
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Iosif Xenogiannis
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Charalampos Varlamos
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Despoina-Rafailia Benetou
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et al
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2 years ago
George Tang
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Pranav M Patel
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