coronary artery disease
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: We first registered stable patients with CAD who were consulted to Kumamoto University Hospital. CAD was defined as the presence of angina history or myocardial ischemia by stress tests with the presence of coronary stenosis more than 50% of the vessel diameter detected by coronary angiography or computed tomography coronary angiography scan, or history of myocardial infarction, PCI, or coronary artery bypass grafting.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1:acute coronary syndromes 2:known allergy to clopidogrel 3:thrombocytopenia 4:patients with collagen disease 5:infection 6:severe liver dysfunction 7:malignant diseases 8:patients were treated with ticlopidine, cilostazol and sarpogrelate 9:hemodialysis
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| endothelial function and residual platelet aggregability | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Department of Cardiovascular Medicine