“…The horizontal lines are medians, the boxes are the interquartile range, whiskers are the 5th and 95th percentiles, and p values were obtained by the Wilcoxon signed-rank test; *p Ͻ 0.05. aggregation. The TRAP effects were not influenced by ASA, as previously documented (20,23). Effects of clopidogrel.…”
The evaluation of clopidogrel responsiveness by platelet function tests is largely influenced by the choice of blood preservative and functional tests. Measures of aggregation stabilization, and of consequent secretion and activation, identified most patients as responders, contrasting with measures of peak aggregation, by likely reflecting better the interactions clopidogrel and the P2Y12 receptor.
“…The horizontal lines are medians, the boxes are the interquartile range, whiskers are the 5th and 95th percentiles, and p values were obtained by the Wilcoxon signed-rank test; *p Ͻ 0.05. aggregation. The TRAP effects were not influenced by ASA, as previously documented (20,23). Effects of clopidogrel.…”
The evaluation of clopidogrel responsiveness by platelet function tests is largely influenced by the choice of blood preservative and functional tests. Measures of aggregation stabilization, and of consequent secretion and activation, identified most patients as responders, contrasting with measures of peak aggregation, by likely reflecting better the interactions clopidogrel and the P2Y12 receptor.
“…No clinical endpoints were assessed, so the superior antiaggregant effects seen in the ticlopidine and combination groups are of uncertain importance clinically. These results also conflict with other reports that failed to find augmentation of antiaggregant effects with ticlopidine and aspirin in healthy subjects [40]. The use of clopidogrel in combination with aspirin in patients with coronary stents has been described and endorsed by expert opinion [41] and is supported by some animal data [42], but lacks confirmation by clinical trials.…”
“…Assays were performed as previously described [6,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] . Surface expression of P-selectin was delineated with a phycoerythrin (PE)-conjugated monoclonal antibody (anti-CD62; Becton Dickinson).…”
Section: Assessment Of Platelet Reactivity With Flow Cytometrymentioning
Background: Assessment of the likelihood of platelet activation (i.e. platelet reactivity) identifies patients at high and low risk of subsequent thrombotic events. Turbidometric platelet aggregation has been used to assess platelet function for more than 4 decades. We have developed a method to assess individual components of platelet activation with the use of flow cytometry that is performed in minimally altered whole blood. Aims: To compare assessment of platelet reactivity determined with the use of aggregometry and flow cytometry. Material and Methods: Twenty adult patients with atherosclerotic vascular disease were included in this study. Blood from each patient was used to determine turbidometric platelet aggregation and to assess platelet activation by flow cytometry. ADP was used as the agonist. Values are means ± SEM. Comparison was performed with the use of Student’s t test and correlation was assessed with the use of Pearson’s correlation analysis. Results: Both maximal aggregation and the slope of aggregation correlate with the percentage of platelets that bound fibrinogen in response to 0.2 μM ADP. The best correlation was seen between the slope of aggregation induced by 0.2 or 1 μM ADP and the percentage of platelets that bound fibrinogen in response to 0.2 μM ADP (for 0.2 μM r = 0.62, p = 0.038; for 1 μM r = 0.71, p = 0.025). Conclusion: The binding of fibrinogen to activated platelets assessed with the use of flow cytometry correlates best with the slope of turbidometric aggregation and appears to reflect the propensity of platelets to activate.
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