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  2. Antiplatelet drug - Wikipedia

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    In patients with truly time-sensitive disease (defined in the 2014 ACC/AHA guidelines as needing to proceed in 2–6 weeks), DAPT can be stopped 3 (three) months (90 days) after a coronary stent is placed if postponing surgery any longer would result in significant morbidity. Examples of these types of surgeries include some cancer surgery and ...

  3. Coronary stent - Wikipedia

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    Other anticoagulant medicines are also used and the long term combination of aspirin and plavix is a typical post stenting strategy. For patients undergoing PCI after a heart attack extended stays are very dependent on the degree of damage caused by the event. [18] [19]

  4. Clopidogrel - Wikipedia

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    Clopidogrel, sold under the brand name Plavix among others, is an antiplatelet medication used to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke in those at high risk. [10] It is also used together with aspirin in heart attacks and following the placement of a coronary artery stent (dual antiplatelet therapy). [10] It is taken by mouth. [10]

  5. History of invasive and interventional cardiology - Wikipedia

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    Based on early trials, the advised antiplatelet regimen for drug-eluting stents was a combination of aspirin and clopidogrel for 3 months when Cypher stents were used, [36] and 9 months when Taxus stents were used, [55] followed by aspirin indefinitely. Soon, case reports started being published regarding late stent thrombosis. [56]

  6. Coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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    A patient taking anticoagulants—aspirin, clopidogrel, ticagrelol and others—will stop taking them several days before, to prevent excessive bleeding during and after the operation. Warfarin is also stopped for the same reason and the patient starts taking heparin products after the INR falls below 2.0.

  7. Reperfusion therapy - Wikipedia

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    While the use of intracoronary stents do not improve the short term outcomes in primary PCI, the use of stents is widespread because of the decreased rates of procedures to treat restenosis compared to balloon angioplasty. [30] Adjuvant therapy during an angioplasty includes intravenous heparin, aspirin, and clopidogrel.

  8. Percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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    After the balloon inflation/deflation or the deposition of the stent, the placement device/deflated balloon are removed leaving the stent in place. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The interventional cardiologist decides how to treat the blockage in the best way during the PCI/stent placement, based on real-time data.

  9. Drug-eluting stent - Wikipedia

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    A drug-eluting stent (DES) is a small mesh tube that is placed in the arteries to keep them open in the treatment of vascular disease.The stent slowly releases a drug to block cell proliferation (a biological process of cell growth and division), thus preventing the arterial narrowing that can occur after stent implantation.