Association between clopidogrel preloading time and post-procedural troponin elevation in patients with stable angina undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention: a retrospective cohort study
Sungho Jo, Jeong Tae Byoun, Donghyeon Joo, Jae Young Cho, Kyeong Ho Yun · 2026
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Jo, Byoun, Joo, Cho, and Yun present a study from twenty twenty-six on blood thinner timing before planned artery opening procedures. The drug clopidogrel needs hours to suppress platelets fully. Records cover over one thousand stable angina patients at one center. Patients split by whether the drug-to-procedure gap was six hours or less. Major bad heart events at thirty days are rare and equal across groups. Heart enzyme levels after the procedure run higher with shorter gaps. The gap matters most at one hour or less.
Higher enzyme bumps at low thresholds occur more with short gaps. Severe-level bumps do not differ between groups. The authors link late dosing to mild heart strain, not events. Weighting methods balance the groups for fair comparison.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sungho Jo, Jeong Tae Byoun, Donghyeon Joo, Jae Young Cho, Kyeong Ho Yun |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |