Ticagrelor-Related Severe Dyspnoea: Mechanisms, Characteristic Features, Differential Diagnosis and Treatment

With a growing number of patients on ticagrelor therapy after stent implantation, we observe many cases of side effects of the drug, mostly dyspnoea and bradycardia. In our article we present 2 patients, in which the symptoms were particularly severe. Then we describe possible mechanisms of these co...

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Published in:Clinical medicine insights. Case reports 2020-10, Vol.13
Main Authors: Krakowiak, Alicja, Kuleta, Jakub, Plech, Iwona, Zarębiński, Maciej, Wojciechowska, Małgorzata, Wretowski, Dominik, Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska, Agnieszka
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Language:English
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Dyspnea
Stents
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Summary:With a growing number of patients on ticagrelor therapy after stent implantation, we observe many cases of side effects of the drug, mostly dyspnoea and bradycardia. In our article we present 2 patients, in which the symptoms were particularly severe. Then we describe possible mechanisms of these complications, explain how to carry out differential diagnosis, discuss when to switch ticagrelor to other antiplatelet drug and finally we present the way to deal with the symptoms.
ISSN:1179-5476
1179-5476
DOI:10.1177/1179547620956634