Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplantation/Artificial Heart DiseasePlatelet Aggregation and HDL Cholesterol Are Predictive of Acute Coronary Events in Heart Transplant Recipients
作者:
Michel de Lorgeril,
Pascale Boissonnat,
Nicole Mamelle,
Jean-Louis Martin,
Isabelle Monjaud,
Jeannine Guidollet,
Georges Dureau,
Jean Ninet,
Serge. Renaud,
期刊:
Circulation
(OVID Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 89,
issue 6
页码: 2590-2594
ISSN:0009-7322
年代: 1994
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Background Sudden death (SD) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are the main complications limiting long-term survival after heart transplantation (HT). They are unpredictable and, at present, unpreventable. Platelet aggregation (PA) has recently emerged as a significant prognostic indicator in nontransplanted coronary disease patients. The main purpose of the present study was to evaluate to what extent PA could predict SD and AMI in long-term survivors of HT independently of serum lipid levels.36%) or low (<36%) ADP-induced platelet aggregation was 4.3 (95% confidence interval, 1.9 to 9.5, P=.0001).Conclusions This study provides the first demonstration of an association between increased platelet aggregation and subsequent SD or AMI in HT recipients. It suggests that platelets and thrombosis also are implicated in the pathogenesis of AMI and SD in HT recipients. Identification of a safe and effective antiplatelet therapy should be actively pursued. (Circulation. 1994;89:2590-2594.)
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