Effect of Ticagrelor Versus Clopidogrel on Aortic Stiffness in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Effect of Ticagrelor Versus Clopidogrel on Aortic Stiffness in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Background We compared the acute and midterm effect of ticagrelor versus clopidogrel on aortic stiffness. Methods and Results We studied 117 patients in a randomized, assessor‐blinded, parallel‐group trial. The acute effect of ticagrelor was studied in 58 patients randomized (1:1) to receive a loadi...

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Main Authors: Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Christos Georgakopoulos, Panagiota Pietri, Nikolaos Ioakeimidis, Michael Koutouzis, Sophia Vaina, Konstantinos Aznaouridis, Konstantinos Toutouzas, George Latsios, Dimitrios Terentes‐Printzios, Aggeliki Rigatou, Dimitris Tousoulis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
adenosine
aortic stiffness
clopidogrel
coronary artery disease
ticagrelor
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.012521

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