The Role of Multiple Electrode Aggregometry in Detection of Clopidogrel Resistance in Diabetic Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Prediction of Clinical Outcomes. A Comparative-method, Non Interventional, Single Center Study.

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Antiplatelet therapy with aspirin-clopidogrel reduces the risk of cardiovascular episodes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute coronary syndromes. However, a significant number of patients experience recurrent events while on such therapy. The individual response to dual antiplatelet therapy is not uniform, and consistent findings across multiple investigations support the association between a lower degree of platelet inhibition, high on-treatment platelet reactivity, and the occurrence of atherothrombotic events \[1, 2\]. Particularly in diabetic patients, clopidogrel resistance is more prevalent compared with non-diabetics \[3,4\], which seems to contribute to the increased atherothrombotic risk in these patients compared with those without diabetes mellitus (DM) \[5\]. A number of platelet function instruments have now become available that are simple to use and can be utilized as point-of-care (POC) instruments in order to monitor antiplatelet therapy and potentially assess the risk of a recurrent event \[6\].

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