Should dual antiplatelet therapy be used in patients following coronary artery bypass surgery? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Vascular and thoracic surgery

BMC Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Verma, Subodh ^a,c,d,f   Goodman, Shaun G ^b,c,d   Mehta, Shamir R ^g,h   Latter, David A ^a,c,d   Ruel, Marc ⁱ   Gupta, Milan ^d,g,j   Yanagawa, Bobby ^a,c,d   Al Omran, Mohammed ^a,c,d,f   Gupta, Nandini ^k   Teoh, Hwee ^a,c   Friedrich, Jan O ^c,d,e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j Canadian Cardiovascular Research Network   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Anti platelet therapy; Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Meta analysis; P2Y12 antagonists; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84944040993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12893-015-0096-z     Document Type: Article

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