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Episode #16: PLATO, ticagrelor, and platelet inhibition: Insight from Lars Wallentin
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- An explanation of why ticagrelor is a different type of platelet inhibitor
- Top line results of PLATO
- Insight into the mortality finding
- A review of the invasively managed cohort data presented by Chris Cannon at TCT 2009
- Discussion of the effect on stent thrombosis The "North American issue" and what might explain the anomalous North American results compared to those of the rest of the world
- Background on the late-breaker—addresssing patients with STEMI—at AHA 2009 that will be presented by Gabriel Steg
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