Immediately after implantation, all patients received clopidogrel 300 mg ... safe alternative to the bare-metal stent for the treatment of de novo coronary artery lesions. The results of the ...

Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel is the standard treatment for patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention with stent placement. Previous studies have shown that ...

More recently, drug-eluting stents (DESs ... or two-vessel disease presenting with an acute coronary syndrome and should be combined with clopidogrel pretreatment and administration of a ...

If stents work well, why do some people still need heart surgery? The answer lies in the severity and location of the ...

Clopidogrel nonresponsiveness in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am. Heart J. 154 , 221–231 (2007).