European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on October 25, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(24):3065; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn472
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Is thrombogenesis related to residual platelet function in ischaemic heart disease?
Department of Cardiology
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca
Murcia 30120
Spain
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Department of Cardiology
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca
Murcia
Spain
Department of Cardiology
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca
Murcia
Spain
Haemostasis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Unit
University Department of Medicine
City Hospital
Birmingham
UK
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We read with great interest the recent study by Yano et al., 1 which reported that patients after percutaneous coronary intervention exhibit increased thrombogenicity in spite of dual antiplatelet therapy. This prothrombotic state is not related to residual platelet aggregability and seems to be determined mainly by the presence of co-morbidities, such as obesity, sleep