Should clopidogrel be stopped prior to urgent cardiac surgery?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 630-636

  Kunadian, Babu ^a   Thornley, Andrew R ^a   Tanos, Marios ^b   Dunning, Joel ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiplatelet therapy; Clopidogrel; Evidence based medicine; Post operative bleeding; Reoperation; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; PLACEBO;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749404084     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.140038     Document Type: Article

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