[Can clopidogrel be responsible for neutropenia?].
We describe a case of neutropenia in an 80-year-old female patient. After a coronary intervention procedure with stent implantation, therapy with clopidogrel was started. Thirty-eight days after the beginning of this therapy, a serious lowering of neutrophil levels was found. Common causes of neutropenia were excluded and, after clopidogrel withdrawal, neutrophil levels normalized within a few days.
Vendrametto
Fauzia
F
U.O. di Cardiologia, A.O. S. Maria degliAngeli, Pordenone. fauzia.v@tiscalinet.it
Pitscheider
Walter
W
Oberhollenzer
Rainer
R
Moretti
Michele
M
Nicolosi
Gian Luigi
GL
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine