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Clinical Investigation and Reports

Comparison of Antiplatelet Effects of Aspirin, Ticlopidine, or Their Combination After Stent Implantation

Hans J. Rupprecht, MD; Harald Darius, MD; Ulrike Borkowski, MD; Thomas Voigtländer, MD; Bernd Nowak, MD; Sabine Genth, MD; ; Jürgen Meyer, MD

From the Department of Medicine II, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.

Correspondence to Hans-Jürgen Rupprecht, MD, Department of Medicine II, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Langenbeckstr 1, D-55101 Mainz, Germany.

Background—This study was performed to analyze the influence of either aspirin, ticlopidine, or their combination on platelet activation and aggregation parameters after stent implantation.

Methods and Results—Sixty-one patients with successful implantation of a single Palmaz-Schatz stent in a native coronary artery were randomly assigned to either group A (aspirin 300 mg/d+ticlopidine 2x250 mg/d), group B (ticlopidine 2x250 mg/d), or group C (aspirin 300 mg/d). Platelet activation was evaluated on days 1, 7, and 14 by flow cytometry measurement of expression of CD62p (p-selectin) and the binding of fibrinogen to the platelet surface glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor. Platelet aggregation was induced by addition of ADP or collagen. Differences between treatment groups were compared by ANOVA. Between days 1 and 14, we observed a significant decrease in collagen-induced platelet aggregation in group A (62.2±2.5% versus 36.9±3.1%), whereas an increase was seen in group B (58.3±2.5% versus 67.7±3.2%) and no change was seen in group C (P<.0001). The ADP-induced aggregation declined significantly in group A (74.7±1.4% versus 55.3±2.6%), whereas a delayed reduction was seen in group B (72.0±3.0% versus 52.6±4.2%) and no change was seen in group C (P=.0017). The CD62p expression declined significantly in groups A (68.2±2.7% versus 41.3±2.7%) and B (64.8±2.9% versus 39.3±3.5%) but not in group C (P<.0001). Moreover, the fibrinogen binding decreased significantly in group A (61.0±4.3% versus 36.3±4.2%) and with delay in group B (58.3±2.2% versus 39.4±3.0%), whereas no alterations were seen in group C (P=.012).

Conclusions—Our results demonstrate synergistic and accelerated platelet inhibitory effects of ticlopidine plus aspirin in patients after stent implantation compared with a monotherapy with either ticlopidine or aspirin alone.


Key Words: stents • platelet aggregation inhibitors • aspirin




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