Clopidogrel resistance: a diagnostic challenge.
No clear and generally accepted definition of clopidogrel resistance has been achieved up to now. We believe that the new point-of-care assays of platelet function may help the clinicians to overcome to define clopidogrel resistance especially in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in whom the level of inhibition of platelets is clinically essential.
Celik
Turgay
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Iyisoy
Atila
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Gul
Husamettin
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Isik
Ersoy
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D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004351:Drug Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010979:Platelet Function Tests / Q000639:trends; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000639:trends; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine