Perioperative clopidogrel is seven days enough?

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 909-913

  Grujic, Dejan ^a   Martin, David ^a  

^a HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATING ROOM; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TICLOPIDINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450225673     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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