Optimal Duration of Antiplatelet Therapy in Recipients of Coronary Drug-Eluting Stents.

摘要

Four weeks' therapy with clopidogrel, in addition to aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), is currently standard care after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent implantation. The recent availability of drug-eluting stents (DES), which dramatically reduce restenosis at the site of PCI, has again raised the issue of stent thrombosis. In clinical trials, the risk of stent thrombosis appeared unrelated to the presence of the drug eluting from the stent and was documented within the usual range of