articleCirculationDec 4, 2007Closed access

Prasugrel Compared With High Loading- and Maintenance-Dose Clopidogrel in Patients With Planned Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The increasing use of higher-than-approved doses of clopidogrel in clinical practice is based in part on the desire for greater levels of inhibition of platelet aggregation (IPA). Prasugrel is a new thienopyridine that is more potent than standard-dose clopidogrel in healthy subjects and patients with stable coronary artery disease. The relative antiplatelet effects of prasugrel versus high-dose clopidogrel in percutaneous coronary intervention patients are unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: Prasugrel in Comparison to Clopidogrel for Inhibition of Platelet Activation and Aggregation-Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 44 (PRINCIPLE-TIMI 44) was a randomized, double-blind, 2-phase crossover study of…

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Keywords
  • Medicine
  • Prasugrel
  • Clopidogrel
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention
  • Maintenance dose
  • Loading dose
  • Cardiology
  • Internal medicine
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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