Safety of Temporary and Permanent Suspension of Antiplatelet Therapy After Drug Eluting Stent Implantation in Contemporary 'Real-world' Practice

Authors :: Javed Suleman
Samin K. Sharma
Birju Narechania
Paul Lee
Rucha Karajgikar
Pedro R. Moreno
Annapoorna Kini
Usman Baber
Jason C. Kovacic
Source :: Journal of Interventional Cardiology. 25:482-492
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: Wiley, 2012.
Abstract: Objectives To define the incidence of stent thrombosis (ST) and/or AMI (ST/AMI) associated with temporary or permanent suspension of dual anti-platelet therapy (DAPT) after coronary drug eluting stent (DES) implantation in ‘real-world’ patients, and additional factors influencing these events.

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Practice patterns
business.industry
Extramural
medicine.medical_treatment
equipment and supplies
Clopidogrel
Surgery
Drug-eluting stent
Internal medicine
Cardiology
Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
cardiovascular diseases
Stent thrombosis
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
medicine.drug

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