Safety and efficacy of low-dose clopidogrel in Japanese patients undergoing coronary stenting: preliminary 30-day clinical outcome.
BACKGROUND
A lower maintenance dose of clopidogrel may be appropriate in Japanese patients because the maintenance dose of ticlopidine is lower in Japan than that used in the United States.


RESULTS
A total of 126 patients with 153 lesions who consented to take 50-mg clopidogrel to prevent stent thrombosis were enrolled. There was 1 case of early stent thrombosis (0.65%). Side-effects of clopidogrel occurred in 5 patients (4.0%).


CONCLUSIONS
This preliminary study shows that 50 mg clopidogrel may be acceptable in Japanese patients.
Asano
Tatsuhiko
T
Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
Kobayashi
Yoshio
Y
Fukushima
Kenichi
K
Iwata
Yo
Y
Kitahara
Hideki
H
Ishio
Naoki
N
Kuroda
Nakabumi
N
Komuro
Issei
I