Assessment of platelet function by whole blood impedance aggregometry in coronary artery bypass grafting patients on acetylsalicylic acid treatment may prompt a switch to dual antiplatelet therapy

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Mate Petričević
• Author: Bojan Biočina
• Author: Sanja Konosić
• Author: Tomislav Kopjar
• Author: Nino Kunac
• Author: Hrvoje Gašparović
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Clinical Medical Sciences

Abstract (english)

Residual platelet reactivity (RPR) following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) might be related to thrombotic complications and major ischemic cardiac events. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in platelet reactivity monitored pre- and postoperatively using multiple-electrode aggregometry (MEA) and to propose an alternative therapeutic approach in a subgroup of patients with postoperative RPR. Ninety-nine patients undergoing elective CABG were enrolled in the study, of whom 41 (41.4%) were diabetic. Preoperatively, all patients received 100 mg acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), with 47 of 99 (47.4%) patients receiving an additional 75 mg clopidogrel (CLO). The blood samples were drawn the day before surgery, and on the first and 4th postoperative day. Platelet count and fibrinogen level were documented, as well as type and daily dose of antiplatelet therapy (APT) received pre- and postoperatively. Multiple-electrode aggregometry using tests based on arachidonic acid (ASPI test) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP test) was performed on the day before and 4 days after surgery. Preoperatively, we detected 31 of 99 (31.3%) patients with RPR (ASPI > 30 AUC). Platelet count correlated with both the ASPI (P = 0.03) and ADP (0.002) tests. Fibrinogen correlated with ADP test values (P < 0.001) and was found to have a higher level in the diabetic subgroup (P = 0.01). In comparison with preoperative results, we detected higher values of ASPI test postoperatively (P = 0.04), with 46 of 99 (46.5%) patients having RPR despite a higher dose of 300 mg ASA being administered. Postoperatively, diabetic patients had higher ASPI test values (P = 0.01), and a higher proportion of patients with RPR compared with the nondiabetic subgroup (58.5 vs 38%, P = 0.04). The subgroup of patients with detected ASPI >30 AUC at the 4th postoperative day consequently received as a part of our clinical routine an additional 75 mg CLO per day, in terms of platelet inhibition optimization. Multiple-electrode aggregometry can recognize patients with RPR during both the pre- and post-CABG period. Postoperatively administered ASA (300 mg) did not sufficiently inhibit platelet aggregation in 46.5% of post-CABG patients. In this group of patients a switch to dual APT should be considered.

• Keywords (english): Adult; Aspirin / therapeutic use; Blood Platelets / drug effects; Blood Platelets / physiology; Coronary Artery Bypass / methods; Coronary Artery Disease / blood; Coronary Artery Disease / drug therapy; Coronary Artery Disease / surgery; Drug Therapy, Combination; Electric Impedance; Female; Graft Occlusion, Vascular / blood; Graft Occlusion, Vascular / prevention & control; Humans; Male; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use; Platelet Aggregation; Platelet Count; Platelet Function Tests; Postoperative Care; Prospective Studies; Stents; Treatment Outcome
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review
• Publication version: Accepted version
• Journal title: Heart and Vessels
• Numbering: vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 57-65
• p-ISSN: 0910-8327
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-011-0216-3
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:603664
• Publication: 2013-01
• Document URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-011-0216-3
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-03-27 19:43:06