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CardioExchange, an NEJM practice community for medical professionals dedicated to improving cardiac patient care, was active from 2009 to 2015. CardioExchange fostered discussion between clinicians from across the globe.

November 16th, 2009

At the AHA: Platelet Function Tests in Practice

At the Sunday afternoon Late-Breaking Clinical Trial sessions, results from the POPULAR study were presented.  Among 1,069 patients treated with aspirin and clopidogrel at the time of PCI with stent implantation, several platelet reactivity tests were assessed in their ability to predict ischemic and bleeding outcomes.  Only three of six tests (LTA, VerifyNow, and Plateletworks) were able to identify patients at higher risk for the death, MI, stent thrombosis, or stroke at 1 year.  However, none of the tests were able to predict risk of bleeding.

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