The utility of platelet function testing is controversial, however, largely because of lackluster results with its use in coronary stenting.

An analysis of six tests that are used to measure platelet function and help gauge the effectiveness of antiplatelet drugs for patients undergoing a cardiac procedure ...

The new findings suggest that platelet-function testing seems to be important in these NSTEMI patients, says Sibbing, who adds that his institution now performs such tests routinely.

Use potent P2Y12 inhibitors such as prasugrel or ticagrelor to intensify platelet inhibition rather than high-dose clopidogrel Test the clinical value of assays that were not used in previous studies ...

The use of platelet-function tests to monitor and guide antiplatelet therapy in PCI patients has sparked heated debate. Cardiologists have sought to reconcile biological plausibility with the ...

The tests provide doctors with an easy to use, automated, rapid and accurate way to monitor platelet function to optimize the effectiveness of antiplatelet therapies and to guide treatment ...

WASHINGTON, DC—Additional evidence, this time from a phase IIb trial in healthy people ages 50 to 80, supports that bentracimab (PhaseBio) provides a near-immediate reversal of ticagrelor’s ...