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Background
Open heart surgery‐associated ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury affects postoperative outcome, and a leading cause of this is lipid peroxidation. Congenital heart disease (CHD) patients, however, are less sensitive to I/R injury. Although little is known about the underlying molecular mechanisms, CHD‐associated hypoxia alters the polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) composition of membranes,...
BackgroundAnti‐platelet therapy for Kawasaki disease (KD) is often done without monitoring drug efficacy. The aim of this study was to investigate the utility of whole‐blood aggregometry to evaluate the efficacy of anti‐platelet therapy for KD.
MethodsOf 37 late‐phase KD patients included in the present study, 20 were prescribed anti‐platelet drugs. Platelet‐rich plasma (PRP) aggregation with collagen...
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