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Antiplatelet Therapy for Patients with Stents

The antiplatelet agents aspirin and clopidogrel (Plavix, and others) are used in most patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to prevent stent thrombosis and to reduce the occurrence of peri-, post-procedural and late cardiovascular events. Despite a large number of randomized trials of these agents in such patients, the optimal dosage and duration of treatment with these drugs, and whether other drugs should be added, is unclear....
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Title: Antiplatelet Therapy for Patients with Stents
Publication: The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
Issue #: 1292
Article Code: 1292a
Date: August 11, 2008
Volume: 50
Pages: 61-63

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