Eric L. Eisenstein, Robert M. Califf, MD, and colleagues followed 4,666 patients who got bare-metal or drug-coated stents. They found that extending Plavix/aspirin treatment cuts the risk of heart ...

Heart patients who had drug-coated stents inserted to prop open blocked coronary arteries should stay on anti-clotting ... The long-term safety of Plavix in stent patients has not been established.

Q: I had a heart attack and received a drug-eluting stent a year ago, and was prescribed a daily Plavix pill to prevent blood clots. I notice that Plavix causes me to bleed excessively when I get ...

In that real world trial, cardiac death and MI increased when Plavix was discontinued at seven to 18 months after a stent procedure and again the increase was higher-a 4.9% increase in death or MI ...

Switzerland’s government required a study to prove the new stents were worth their cost — $2,200 to $2,700 versus $600 to $800 for old ones — and to test how long Plavix should be taken.

Drug-eluting stents, which release heart medications, have been popular since their introduction in 2003, when the FDA approved them for use in a select group of patients: the "plain vanilla" ones ...

However, doctors at Scripps Health who have pioneered the use ofthis test say Plavix testing is indeed helpful in preventing heartattacks and deaths in coronary stent […] Skip to content All ...

TOPLINE: At 5 years, clopidogrel was noninferior to aspirin for net adverse clinical events in patients who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using drug-eluting stents but ...

Mar. 30 -- SATURDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with a new antiplatelet drug called prasugrel may be better than standard treatment in protecting against blocked blood flow in patients ...

Effect of a prior authorization process on antiplatelet therapy and outcomes in patients prescribed clopidogrel following coronary stenting. Can J Cardiol 2006;22:1205-1208. Crossref.

The implantation of a coronary-artery stent can trigger three possible ... McCabe, CH, et al. Prasugrel versus clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes. N Engl J Med 2007;357:2001 ...

Stents are placed to reduce the risk of heart attack. They are common devices, placed in about 1 million Americans a year, says John McPherson, a cardiogist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center ...