Does clopidogrel rather than aspirin plus a proton-pump inhibitor reduce the frequency of gastrointestinal complications after cardiac surgery?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 534-537

  Ziegelin, Maren ^a   Hoschtitzky, Andreas ^a   Dunning, Joel ^b   Hooper, Tim ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Cardiac surgery; Clopidogrel; Gastrointestinal complications; Proton pump inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PROTON PUMP; TICLOPIDINE;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DUODENUM ULCER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STOMACH ULCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG COMBINATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; META ANALYSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ASPIRIN; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PEPTIC ULCER; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTON PUMPS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 34548454969     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.157941     Document Type: Article

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