Aspirin plus clopidogrel therapy increases early venous graft patency after coronary artery bypass surgery: A single-center, randomized, controlled trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1639-1643

  Gao, Ge ^a   Zheng, Zhe ^a   Pi, Yi ^a   Lu, Bin ^a   Lu, Jinguo ^a   Hu, Shengshou ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Antiplatelet therapy; Clopidogrel; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Graft patency; Multislice computed tomography angiography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEST TUBE; CHINA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN GRAFT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ASPIRIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TICLOPIDINE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 78751694614     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.104     Document Type: Article

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