Items Tagged ‘antiplatelet medication’
March 17, 2021
Data show clear benefit from genetic testing before prescribing antiplatelet therapy
By Susan Murphy 
By Terri Malloy Pharmacogenomics is a valuable tool for health care providers to help prescribe the right drug for the right patient to enhance efficacy and avoid side effects. New research, funded in part by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), shows a clear advantage of genetic testing in helping health care providers […]
Tags: antiplatelet, antiplatelet medication, coronary heart disease, Genetic Testing, pharmacogenomics
February 6, 2014
Your Genotype and Your Heart Health
By Center for Individualized Medicine 
Each year in the United States, 600,000 to 800,000 heart stents are placed to restore blood flow through coronary arteries. Patients are then given medication to keep blood clots from forming near the surgical site. Such clots can be deadly, causing heart attack and stroke. But, which antiplatelet medication is best? The answer may lie in your genes. “The […]
Tags: antiplatelet, antiplatelet medication, clopidogrel, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genome science, genomic medicine, genomics, heart, heart attack, Heart Health
February 4, 2014
Studying the Genomics of Antiplatelet Heart Medication
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Which antiplatelet medication is best after a coronary stent? The answer may lie in your genes, but heart experts differ with the Food and Drug Administration on when to do genotype testing on angioplasty patients and whether genetic testing will keep heart patients out of the emergency rooms. Around 600,000 angioplasties are performed every year in the United […]
Tags: angioplasties, angioplasty, antiplatelet medication, Brilinta, Center for Individualized Medicne, DNA Sequencing, individualized medicine, Personal Care, Personal Medicine, pharmacogenomics, Plavix, TAILOR
August 20, 2013
Genomics May Settle Debate on Best Antiplatelet Medication After Stenting
By AJ Montpetit 
600,000 angioplasties are performed every year in the United States, which has raised the question of which antiplatelet medication is best after a coronary stent. Looking to individual’s genome is where the Center for Individualized Medicine is studying, with their newly launched TAILOR-PCI study. This study examines the CYP2C19 genotype of a patient to determine […]
Tags: angioplasty, antiplatelet, antiplatelet medication, center for individualized medicine, individualized medicine, mayo clinic, personalized medicine, pharmacogenomics