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Thromb Haemost. 2005 Mar;93(3):535-43.
Momi S, Pitchford SC, Alberti PF, Minuz P, Soldato PD, Gresele P.
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Internal and Cardiovascular Medicine, Via Enrico dal Pozzo, 06126 Perugia, Italy.
Nitroaspirin plus clopidogrel versus aspirin plus clopidogrel against platelet thromboembolism and intimal thickening in mice.
Clopidogrel plus aspirin is the treatment of choice for patients undergoing percutaneous, coronary interventions with stenting, but it does not prevent restenosis. NCX-4016, a nitric oxide-releasing aspirin (nitroaspirin), exerts a wider range of antiplatelet actions compared to aspirin, superior antithrombotic activity and reduces restenosis after arterial injury in animals. The aim of the present study was to compare the combination of nitroaspirin plus clopidogrel with aspirin plus clopidogrel in a model of platelet pulmonary thromboembolism, bleeding and intimal thickening in mice. Drugs were administered orally for 5 days; the antithrombotic effects were evaluated against collagen plus epinephrine-induced pulmonary thromboembolism, the haemorrhagic effects by tail transection bleeding time and the effects on neointima proliferation by histomorphology of photochemically injured femoral arteries. Lung platelet emboli were reduced significantly and more effectively by nitroaspirin plus clopidogrel (-56%, p<0.05 vs control) than by aspirin plus clopidogrel (-26%, p<0.05 vs control). Ex vivo platelet aggregation was inhibited maximally by nitroaspirin plus clopidogrel. Aspirin plus clopidogrel strikingly prolonged the bleeding time while nitroaspirin plus clopidogrel induced a lesser prolongation. Nitroaspirin plus clopidogrel significantly reduced intimal thickening of the femoral artery while aspirin plus clopidogrel was ineffective. Nitroaspirin plus clopidogrel is more effective and less prohaemorrhagic than aspirin plus clopidogrel in mice; provided these data are confirmed in other animal models, nitroaspirin plus clopidogrel may represent a new regimen to be tested in patients undergoing coronary revascularization procedures.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2005 Feb 25;64(3):369-372.
Exaire JE, Tcheng JE, Kereiakes DJ, Kleiman NS, Applegate RJ, Moliterno DJ.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
Closure devices and vascular complications among percutaneous coronary intervention patients receiving enoxaparin, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, and clopidogrel.
The objectives of this study were to explore the rate of vascular complications using closure devices (CDs) vs. manual compression (MC) among percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) patients receiving enoxaparin, clopidogrel, aspirin, and GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors. The Evaluating Enoxaparin Clotting Times (ELECT) study enrolled patients receiving enoxaparin, clopidogrel, and GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors when necessary. Any approved CD or MC was allowed post-PCI, and clinical outcome data were prospectively collected. Four hundred forty-five patients had anti-Xa levels measured by a core laboratory and by a novel point-of-care device that reports ENOX(R) times. All received enoxaparin, aspirin, and clopidogrel, and 75% received a concomitant GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor. Major and minor bleeding were defined according to TIMI criteria. "Any bleeding" included the occurrence of access site complications including hematoma, significant rebleeding, or bleeding delaying hospital discharge. TIMI major plus minor bleeding occurred in 1.5% of the patients who received CD vs. 1.8% of patients with MC (P = 0.83). Any bleeding occurred in 12.2% of CD vs. 5.7% MC (P = 0.02), and in 9.5% of patients receiving GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor vs. 2.8% (P = 0.01) among those who did not. For patients receiving both a GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor and CD, any bleeding was observed in 13.7% vs. 3.4% (P = 0.006) among patients who received neither. While minor and major TIMI bleeding remained very low in both groups, CD was associated with a twofold increase in risk of any-bleeding event when compared to MC, especially when using GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2005;64:369-372. (c) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Eur Heart J. 2005 Mar;26(6):576-83. Epub 2005 Feb 21.
Kapetanakis EI, Medlam DA, Boyce SW, Haile E, Hill PC, Dullum MK, Bafi AS, Petro KR, Corso PJ.
Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, 106 Irving Street, NW, Suite 316, Washington, DC 20010-2975, USA.
Clopidogrel administration prior to coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: the cardiologist's panacea or the surgeon's headache?
AIMS: Thrombotic complications after percutaneous coronary intervention procedures have decreased in past years mainly due to the use of clopidogrel antiplatelet therapy. However, the risk of bleeding due to enhanced and irreversible platelet inhibition in patients who will require surgical coronary revascularization instead has not been adequately addressed in the literature. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of pre-operative clopidrogel exposure in haemorrhage-related re-exploration rates, peri-operative transfusion requirements, morbidity, and mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. METHODS AND RESULTS: A study population of 2359 patients undergoing isolated CABG between January 2000 and June 2002 was reviewed. Of these, 415 (17.6%) received clopidogrel prior to CABG surgery, and 1944 (82.4%) did not. A risk-adjusted logistic regression analysis was used to assess the association between clopidogrel pre-medication (vs. no) and haemostatic re-operation, intraoperative and post-operative blood transfusion rates, and multiple transfusions received. Haemorrhage-related pre-operative risk factors identified from the literature and those found significant in a univariate model were used. Furthermore, a sub-cohort, matched-pair by propensity scores analysis, was also conducted. The clopidogrel group had a higher likelihood of haemostatic re-operation [OR=4.9, (95% CI, 2.63-8.97), P<0.01], an increase in total packed red blood cell transfusions [OR=2.2, (95% CI, 1.70-2.84), P<0.01], multiple unit blood transfusions [OR=1.9, (95% CI, 1.33-2.75), P<0.01] and platelet transfusions [OR=2.6, (95% CI, 1.95-3.56), P<0.01]. Surgical outcomes and operative mortality [OR=1.5, (95% CI, 0.36-6.51), P=0.56] were not significantly different. CONCLUSION: Pre-operative clopidogrel exposure increases the risk of haemostatic re-operation and the requirements for blood and blood product transfusion during, and after, CABG surgery.
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