Safety and Efficacy of Ticagrelor Monotherapy According to Drug-Eluting Stent Type: The TWILIGHT-STENT Study

CONCLUSIONS: As compared with ticagrelor plus aspirin, ticagrelor monotherapy after a short DAPT duration lowered bleeding complications without increasing the ischemic risk, irrespective of DES type. We observed no significant differences among DES-types.PMID:34881696 | DOI:10.4244/EIJ-D-21-00721

Source: EuroIntervention - December 9, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: George Dangas Usman Baber Samin K Sharma Gennaro Giustino Samantha Sartori Johny Nicolas Ridhima Goel Shamir R Mehta David J Cohen Dominick J Angiolillo Zhongjie Zhang Anton Camaj Davide Cao Carlo Briguori Dariusz Dudek Javier Escaned Kurt Huber Timothy C Source Type: research