Ticagrelor Compared With Clopidogrel by Geographic Region in the Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes (PLATO) Trial
Author(s) -
Kenneth W. Mahaffey,
Daniel Wojdyla,
Kevin Carroll,
Richard C. Becker,
Robert F. Storey,
Dominick J. Angiolillo,
Claes Held,
Christopher P. Can,
Stefan James,
Karen S. Pieper,
Jay Horrow,
Robert A. Harrington,
Lars Wallentin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.047498
Subject(s) - medicine , aspirin , ticagrelor , clopidogrel , proportional hazards model , subgroup analysis , concomitant , randomized controlled trial , regression analysis , cohort , cardiology , statistics , confidence interval , mathematics
In the Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes (PLATO) trial, a prespecified subgroup analysis showed a significant interaction between treatment and region (P=0.045), with less effect of ticagrelor in North America than in the rest of the world.
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