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</script>ollowing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a 56-year-old man received clopidogrel 75 mg OD along with his long-term medication (> five years treatment with aspirin 75 mg OD and simvastatin 40 mg OD). Pre-PCI, his liver biochemistry (LFT’s) was normal. Two months post PCI the patient complained of general malaise and was found to have deranged LFT’s - [Figure 1]. There was no history of alcohol abuse.Drug-induced liver disease was suspected and the patient was advised to discontinue clopidogrel. Serology for acute viral hepatitis, anti-mitochondrial antibody and anti-smooth muscle antibody all proved negative. Abdominal ultrasound revealed no abnormalities. At four weeks there was a marked improvement in his LFTs [Figure 1]. Clopidogrel was reintroduced but the patient again developed non specific symptoms and deranged LFTs [Figure 1]. Clopidogrel was discontinued indefinitely.Clopidogrel-induced hepatotoxicity is an extremely rare side-effect (six cases in the published literature) and has not been reported in healthy volunteers.
Male, Ticlopidine, Humans, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Middle Aged, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Clopidogrel
Male, Ticlopidine, Humans, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Middle Aged, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Clopidogrel
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