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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Failure of platelet function analyser 200 to demonstrate clinical clopidogrel resistance in a patient undergoing intracranial vascular stenting.

Hayden Bell, Brendan Steinfort, Leonardo Pasalic, Mark Dexter

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hayden BellNeurosurgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia hayden.f.bell@gmail.com.
Brendan SteinfortNeurosurgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Leonardo PasalicHaematology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Mark DexterNeurosurgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Westmead Hospital · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A patient undergoes intracranial stent insertion for stent-assisted coiling of a basilar tip aneurysm and left middle cerebral artery aneurysm. A flow diverting stent is also placed across an anterior communicating artery aneurysm. Prior to the procedure, the patient takes dual antiplatelet medications, being aspirin and clopidogrel. Because of the concern regarding in-stent thrombus and thromboembolic complications related to intracranial stenting and the high rate of clopidogrel resistance, preoperative platelet function testing (PFT) was undertaken to ensure platelet inhibition. In this case, PFT was performed on a platelet function analyser which demonstrated platelet inhibition. Ten days following the procedure, the patient represented with thromboembolic stroke. Repeat PFT performed with whole blood impedance aggregometry and despite full medication compliance demonstrated clopidogrel resistance. Clopidogrel was then ceased and prasugrel commenced. This case demonstrates the importance of appropriate platelet inhibition in patients with intracranial stents and the controversy surrounding PFT.

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AgedAspirinClopidogrelDiagnosis, DifferentialDrug ResistanceHumansIntracranial AneurysmIschemic Attack, TransientMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsPlatelet Function TestsPrasugrel HydrochloridePreoperative CareStentsStrokeAspirinClopidogrelPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsPrasugrel Hydrochlorideinterventional radiologyneurosurgeryradiologystrokeunwanted effects / adverse reactions

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PMID32169992
PMCPMC7069294
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