Patients who have a stent implanted to open a blocked coronary artery face dual risks of developing blood clots and of having ...

A step forward in de-escalating treatment The evolution of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been shaped by the continuous challenge of balancing ...

Three months of dual antiplatelet therapy after PCI may safely balance thrombosis and bleeding risk in both patients with low ...

Patients who have a stent implanted to open a blocked coronary artery face dual risks of developing blood clots and of having excessive bleeding in ...

In 43% of patients, multiple prior stents were present at the site of the target lesion ... and 84% and 68% were still on dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), respectively. TLR was less frequent in the ...

For patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, de-escalating dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) to P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy is associated with ...

Thumbs up or down? For patients with stents for ACS, a short course of DAPT followed by 12 months on a P2Y12 inhibitor appears to be superior to conventional treatment at reducing major bleeding ...