A head-to-head comparison between the VerifyNow P2Y12 assay and light transmittance aggregometry for monitoring the individual platelet response to clopidogrel in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention

J Thromb Haemost. 2006 Nov;4(11):2516-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.02187.x. Epub 2006 Aug 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
  • Clopidogrel
  • Drug Monitoring / methods
  • Elective Surgical Procedures
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Platelet Aggregation / drug effects*
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Platelet Function Tests / methods
  • Prospective Studies
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic*
  • Receptors, Purinergic P2 / chemistry*
  • Receptors, Purinergic P2Y2
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Stents
  • Ticlopidine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Ticlopidine / pharmacology

Substances

  • P2RY2 protein, human
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
  • Receptors, Purinergic P2
  • Receptors, Purinergic P2Y2
  • Clopidogrel
  • Ticlopidine