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Article: New Study Links Aspirin Resistance to Heart Muscle Death During Interventional Procedures; Study Shows VerifyNow Aspirin Test Can Be Used to Predict Patients at Risk.
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- March 18, 2004
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Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2004
Patients who do not respond adequately to aspirin therapy are more likely to experience heart muscle damage when undergoing coronary interventions such as angioplasty or coronary artery stenting. This is the finding of new research that appears as an expedited publication in the current issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). Expedited publication indicates that the report was moved very rapidly through the peer-review process because it was deemed to have high potential clinical impact or research significance.
"Aspirin resistance is ...