Point-of-Care Platelet Function Analysis. Ready for Prime Time?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 857-859

  Mahla, Elisabeth ^a   Antonino, Mark J ^a   Tantry, Udaya S ^a   Gurbel, Paul A ^a  

^a SINAI CENTER FOR THROMBOSIS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

clopidogrel; platelet aggregation; stent thrombosis; whole blood aggregometry

Indexed keywords

VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STENT THROMBOSIS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; THROMBOSIS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 60949085651     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.11.033     Document Type: Editorial

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