PRotective Effect on the coronary microcirculation of patients with DIabetes by Clopidogrel or Ticagrelor (PREDICT): study rationale and design. A randomized multicenter clinical trial using intracoronary multimodal physiology

PRotective Effect on the coronary microcirculation of patients with DIabetes by Clopidogrel or Ticagrelor (PREDICT): study rationale and design. A randomized multicenter clinical trial using intracoronary multimodal physiology

Abstract Background In diabetic patients a predisposed coronary microcirculation along with a higher risk of distal particulate embolization during primary percutaneous intervention (PCI) increases the risk of peri-procedural microcirculatory damage. However, new antiplatelet agents, in particular T...

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Main Authors: Enrico Cerrato, Alicia Quirós, Mauro Echavarría-Pinto, Hernan Mejia-Renteria, Andres Aldazabal, Nicola Ryan, Nieves Gonzalo, Pilar Jimenez-Quevedo, Luis Nombela-Franco, Pablo Salinas, Iván J. Núñez-Gil, José Ramón Rumoroso, Antonio Fernández-Ortiz, Carlos Macaya, Javier Escaned
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Subjects:
Diabetes
IMR, CFR, FFR
Microcirculation
Ticagrelor
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-017-0543-5

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