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Microfluidics in Assessing Platelet Function
Published on: November 8, 2024
A novel approach of platelet function test for prediction of attenuated response to clopidogrel
Erzsebet Ezer1, Diana Schrick1, Margit Tőkés-Füzesi2
1Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary.
Background:
Elevated mean platelet volume (MPV) and immature platelet fraction (IPF) are predictive for vascular risk. Both can be associated with residual platelet reactivity. We aimed to explore associations among platelet characteristics and responder status in stroke patients on clopidogrel.
Methods:
Blood samples from 46 patients and 15 healthy subjects were analyzed for platelet count, MPV, IPF, large cell ratio (LCR) and high-fluorsecent immature platelet fraction (H-IPF). As a novelty, not only whole blood, but upper and lower half blood samples after 1-hour gravity sedimentation were analyzed. Platelet aggregometry was used for the whole blood and separated samples to explore area under the curve (AUC) in patients and controls.
Results:
The AUC of the whole blood showed significant differences compared to the upper and lower samples separated after 1-hour sedimentation in patients and controls (p < 0.001 and p = 0.005 respectively). Remarkably, AUC measured in the upper samples in 59% of patients on clopidogrel were exceeding the therapeutic range suggesting that ascending platelets exert aggregation in the presence of ADP. This observation was associated with increased MPV and LCR in the upper samples (both p = 0.04). Patients on clopidogrel were characterized as responders and non-responders and the percentage of H-IPF was significantly higher among non-responders compared to controls in the upper samples (p = 0.04).
Conclusions:
The modified platelet function test may help to stratify patients with high residual platelet reactivity.
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