Morphine Is Associated With a Delayed Activity of Oral Antiplatelet Agents in Patients With ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Abstract

In patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction, morphine use is associated with a delayed onset of action of the oral antiplatelet agents. This association persisted after adjusting for the propensity to receive morphine and after excluding patients with vomit.