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On-treatment platelet reactivity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing percutaneous
Gianluca Campo1, Rita Pavasini, Alberto Pollina
1Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiovascular Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S.Anna, , Cona, Ferrara, Italy.
Abstract:
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) show a poor prognosis after myocardial infarction (MI) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We evaluated on-treatment platelet reactivity (PR) and several gene polymorphisms related to PR in 130 patients undergoing PCI with and without COPD. Those with concomitant COPD showed higher on-treatment PR values both at the time of PCI and 1 month after. This finding may contribute to explain the poor prognosis of COPD patients after MI and PCI.
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