%0 Journal Article
%T Optimal Duration for Clopidogrel Suspension Prior to Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
%A Asrar Ahmad
%A Hafez Mohammad Abdullah
%A Marc Cohen
%A Muhammad Arslan Cheema
%A Shujaul Haq
%A Waqas Ullah
%J Archive of "Cardiology Research".
%D 2019
%R 10.14740/cr842
%X American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines suggest clopidogrel (Plavix) suspension for 5 days before non-emergent cardiac surgery (class IIa, level B). It puts the patients with recent angioplasty and ongoing ischemia at a higher risk of stent thrombosis. We sought to determine the bleeding risk in patients who stopped clopidogrel at 3 and less than 3 days before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) as compared to the usual 5 days prior to CABG
%K Clopidogrel
%K CABG
%K Bleeding risk
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6469912/