Should high risk patients receive clopidogrel as well as aspirin post coronary arterial bypass grafting?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 755-760

  Kunadian, Babu ^a   Thornley, Andrew R ^a   Babu, Thotala N ^b   Dunning, Joel ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiplatelet therapy; Cardiac surgical procedures; Clopidogrel

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; PLACEBO;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33845456831     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.143156     Document Type: Article

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