This release is available in Chinese. An analysis of six tests that are used to measure platelet function and help gauge the effectiveness of antiplatelet drugs for patients undergoing a cardiac ...
The document follows two earlier consensus documents, released in 2013 and 2016. Dominick Angiolillo, MD, PhD (University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville), senior author of the paper, ...
ROME, ITALY — Monitoring platelet function and individualizing antiplatelet therapy did not improve outcomes for elderly ACS patients undergoing coronary stenting, results of the ANTARCTIC trial show ...
November 15, 2009 (Orlando, Florida) — Results for the first head-to-head comparison of different platelet-function tests suggests that a handful of platelet reactivity assays--used to test the ...
WASHINGTON, DC—Additional evidence, this time from a phase IIb trial in healthy people ages 50 to 80, supports that bentracimab (PhaseBio) provides a near-immediate reversal of ticagrelor’s ...
An experimental genetic test can gauge a person's risk of developing potentially deadly blood clots, researchers report. People who scored high on the test had more than double the rate of heart ...
While thrombocytopenia and bleeding are events that often occur together in neonates, this may not signify cause and effect. In fact, one study reported that 91% of neonates with low platelet counts ...
Ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) treatment results in grade 3-4 thrombocytopenia in 8%-13% of patients. Prior in vitro studies reported T-DM1 inhibition of megakaryocyte maturation as the cause of ...