Platelet Thromboxane Synthetase Inhibitors with Low Doses of Aspirin: Possible Resolution of the "Aspirin Dilemma"
- 29 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 220 (4596), 517-519
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6682245
Abstract
Selective pharmacological inhibition of thromboxane A2 synthesis did not prevent arachidonate-induced aggregation of human platelets in vitro. Prevention was instead achieved by a combination of thromboxane A2 inhibitors with low concentrations of aspirin. The latter partially reduced the proaggregatory cyclooxygenase products that accumulated when thromboxane A2 synthesis was blocked. The aspirin concentrations did not affect per se either platelet aggregation or prostacyclin synthesis in cultured human endothelial cells. The combination of thromboxane synthetase inhibitors with low doses of aspirin may offer greater antithrombotic potential than either drug alone.Keywords
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