Platelet function variability and non-genetic causes

Summary

Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) has been established for the treatment of coronary artery disease, especially in and after acute coronary syndromes, and after coronary interventions. Data suggest that a significant percentage of individuals treated with clopidogrel do not receive the expected therapeutic benefit because of a decreased responsiveness of their platelets, which is caused by several extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms. The clinical consequence of clopidogrel non-responsiveness is severe cardiovascular complications. Besides genetic variability in response to antiplatelet therapy, non-genetic causes such as drug interactions (proton-pump inhibitors, statins, calcium-channel blockers, coumarine derivates, antibiotics, antimycotics) and co-morbidities (diabetes mellitus, renal failure, obesity) are responsible for this phenomenon. Large clinical trials with standardised laboratory methods and hard clinical endpoints are needed to identify these interactions with clopidogrel and predictors for its non-responsiveness.

Keywords

ADP receptors - antiplatelet agents - platelet pharmacology

^* Ioannis Tentzeris and Jolanta Siller-Matula contributed to the same extent as first authors in the writing of this paper.

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