Loading doses of ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in preventing periprocedural myocardial infarction in Asian patients with acute coronary syndrome.

CONCLUSION: Pretreatment with a loading dose of ticagrelor seems to be superior in reducing the incidence of percutaneous coronary intervention-related periprocedural myocardial infarction in Asian patients with acute coronary syndrome as compared with clopidogrel.
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Source: Perfusion - June 9, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Zhang YR, Xue ZK, Chen KY, Xu LX, Wang WD, Tao HY, Liu T, Che JJ, Wang XW, Rha SW, Wang JR, Wang P Tags: Perfusion Source Type: research