Association of clopidogrel treatment with risk of mortality and cardiovascular events following myocardial infarction in patients with and without diabetes

Charlotte Andersson, Stig Lyngbæk, Cu Dinh Nguyen, Mia Nielsen, Gunnar H Gislason, Lars Køber, Christian Torp-Pedersen

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    Abstract

    Pharmacodynamic studies have shown that persistently high platelet reactivity is common in patients with diabetes in spite of clopidogrel treatment. Clinical trials have not convincingly demonstrated that clopidogrel benefits patients with diabetes as much patients without diabetes.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJ A M A: The Journal of the American Medical Association
    Volume308
    Issue number9
    Pages (from-to)882-9
    Number of pages8
    ISSN0098-7484
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

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