The OPTImal duration of Dual Anti Platelet Therapy in patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents.
CONCLUSIONS: There was no difference in efficacy outcomes between short-term and long-term DAPT following DES, even among high-risk patients.However, longer duration of DAPT was found to be associated with increased risk of major bleeding.
PMID: 26711462 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cardiology Journal - Category: Cardiology Authors: Sheyin O, Perez X, Pierre-Louis B, Kurian D Tags: Cardiol J Source Type: research
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