ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A1198 CLOPIDOGREL NON-RESPONDERS SWITCHED TO TICAGRELOR IN CAROTID ARTERY STENTING: MRI ASSESSMENT OF PERIPROCEDURAL BRAIN ISCHEMIA
Danira Bažadona, Nikola Blazevic, Danilo Gardijan, Zdravka Poljakovic · 2026
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A common blood thinner fails to work in up to half of the patients who take it, a quiet risk when a neck artery is propped open. Danira Bazadona and three co-authors test a switch guided by a platelet test in a 2026 conference report. All patients got the standard pair of thinners before their stent.
A bedside test then sorted who answered the first drug and who did not. The non-answerers were switched to a stronger drug in its place. Brain scans a day before and after the stent hunt for silent strokes, the small hits that leave no sign. A neck scan at set points checks the stent itself. The aim is proof that a test-guided switch cuts those silent hits.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Danira Bažadona, Nikola Blazevic, Danilo Gardijan, Zdravka Poljakovic |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |