Management of antiplatelet therapy resistance in cardiac surgery Hrvoje Gasparovic, MD, PhD, Mate Petricevic, MD, Bojan Biocina, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 147, Issue 3, Pages 855-862 (March 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.008 Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Algorithm summarizing management options for patients with documented APT resistance. APA, Antiplatelet agent; APT, antiplatelet therapy; hRPR, high residual platelet reactivity; IPA, inhibition of platelet aggregation; PFT, platelet function test. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 147, 855-862DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.008) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions