Effects of ticagrelor and prasugrel on coronary microcirculation in elective percutaneous coronary intervention.
Fabio MangiacapraIginio ColaioriGiuseppe Di GioiaMariano PellicanoAlex HeyseLuca PaolucciAaron PeaceJozef BartunekBernard de BruyneEmanuele BarbatoPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2023)
In patients with stable CAD undergoing PCI, pretreatment with a loading dose of ticagrelor compared with prasugrel improves post-procedural coronary flow and microvascular function and seems to reduce the related myocardial injury.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- acute myocardial infarction
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery bypass
- coronary artery
- patients undergoing
- aortic stenosis
- heart failure
- left ventricular