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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:138-139
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Hyun-Sung Lee, MD, PhD

Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, 809 Madu-1dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi, 411-769, Korea

(Email: thoracic@ncc.re.kr).

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Aspirin is widely used to reduce graft thrombosis after coronary artery bypass grafting. However, aspirin only prevents approximately 25% of all ischemic vascular events and there are many causes, including all the causes of aspirin resistance for the other events. Aspirin resistance is the inability of aspirin to block platelet production of thromboxane A2 and subsequent platelet activation and aggregation. Increasing degrees of aspirin resistance may correlate independently with increasing risk of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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