Aspirin plus clopidogrel versus aspirin alone after coronary artery bypass grafting: The Clopidogrel after Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease (CASCADE) trial

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 2680-2687

  Kulik, Alexander ^a,b   Le May, Michel R ^b   Voisine, Pierre ^c   Tardif, Jean Claude ^d   Delarochelliere, Robert ^c   Naidoo, Sarika ^b   Wells, George A ^e   Mesana, Thierry G ^b   Ruel, Marc ^b,e  

^a BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

antiplatelet drugs; coronary artery bypass graft surgery; saphenous vein

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN GRAFT DISEASE;

EID: 78650701981     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.978007     Document Type: Article

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