title: Successful prasugrel rescue therapy in clopidogrel resistant patients who had recurrent stent thrombosis of drug-eluting-stent: the role of prasugrel in clopidogrel nonresponders.
abstract: Stent thrombosis is a very serious problem after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation even though its incidence is about or less than 1%. As the clopidogrel resistance is expected to play an important role in the occurrence of stent thrombosis, new anti-platelet agents overcoming this issue can give us another choice. We experienced a case of a 58-year-old male with successful prasugrel rescue therapy in a patient with clopidogrel resistance who had recurrent stent thrombosis following DES implantation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Byeong-Keuk
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jaewon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Jin Su
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Dong-Jun
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Han-Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jin Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myeong-Ki
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hong
keywords: Clopidogrel; Drug-eluting stents; Prasugrel; Thrombosis