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Observational studyCardiology journal2023

Ticagrelor effectively inhibits platelet aggregation in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention treated with mild therapeutic hypothermia.

Marek T Tomala, Aleksander Trąbka-Zawicki, Andrzej Machnik, Bartłomiej A Nawrotek, Wojciech Zajdel, Ewa Ł Stępień, Jacek Legutko, Krzysztof Żmudka

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Observational study in Cardiology journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marek T TomalaJagiellonian University Medical College Institute of Cardiology, Department of Interventional Cardiology, Krakow, Poland. marektomala@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-7882-9255
Aleksander Trąbka-ZawickiJagiellonian University Medical College Institute of Cardiology, Department of Interventional Cardiology, Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0837-482X
Andrzej MachnikJagiellonian University Medical College Institute of Cardiology, Department of Interventional Cardiology, Krakow, Poland.
Bartłomiej A NawrotekJagiellonian University Medical College Institute of Cardiology, Department of Interventional Cardiology, Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7103-7677
Wojciech ZajdelJagiellonian University Medical College Institute of Cardiology, Department of Interventional Cardiology, Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7284-2117
Ewa Ł StępieńDepartment of Medical Physics, Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2945-3674
Jacek LegutkoJagiellonian University Medical College Institute of Cardiology, Department of Interventional Cardiology, Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3589-1715
Krzysztof ŻmudkaJagiellonian University Medical College Institute of Cardiology, Department of Interventional Cardiology, Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7429-2825
Jagiellonian University · PLJohn Paul II Hospital · PLInstitute of Cardiology · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH) is believed to reduce the effectiveness of antiplatelet drugs. Effective dual-antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is mandatory to avoid acute stent thrombosis. The effectiveness of ticagrelor in MTH-treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors is still a matter of debate. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of MTH on the platelet-inhibitory effect of ticagrelor in comatose survivors of OHCA treated with primary PCI.

methodsEighteen comatose survivors of OHCA with acute coronary syndrome undergoing immediate PCI treated with MTH were compared with 14 patients with uncomplicated primary myocardial infarction after PCI, matched for gender and age, in a prospective, single-center, observational study. Platelet aggregation was evaluated using VerifyNow P₂Y₁₂ point-of-care testing at 3 time points: admission (T₀), during MTH (T₁), and 48-72 h after rewarming (T₂).

resultsTicagrelor effectively inhibits platelet aggregation in OHCA patients subjected to MTH and in all patients in the control group. The effectiveness of ticagrelor did not differ between the MTH group and the control group (p = 0.581). In 2 cases in the MTH population, the platelet response to ticagrelor was inadequate, and in one of them it remained insufficient during the re-warming phase. There was no stent thrombosis in these patients.

conclusionsThe present study confirmed the effectiveness of ticagrelor to inhibit platelets in myocardial infarction patients after OHCA treated with primary PCI undergoing hypothermia. The use of cooling was not associated with an increased risk of stent thrombosis.

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Hypothermia, InducedMyocardial InfarctionOut-of-Hospital Cardiac ArrestPercutaneous Coronary InterventionComaHumansPlatelet AggregationPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsProspective StudiesTicagrelorPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsTicagrelorout-of-hospital cardiac arrestplatelet functionprimary percutaneous coronary interventionticagrelorVerifyNow

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PMID34165181
PMCPMC10508063
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