Antiplatelet De-Escalation Strategies in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Alessandro Spirito,
Sriya L. Krishnan,
Davide Capodanno
et al.
Abstract:Dual antiplatelet therapy—the combination of aspirin and a P2Y12 inhibitor—remains the standard antiplatelet regimen recommended to prevent ischemic complications immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention. Nonetheless, recent advances in stent technologies, percutaneous coronary intervention techniques, adjunctive pharmacotherapy for secondary prevention, and the rising awareness of the prognostic impact of bleeding, which are inevitably associated with dual antiplatelet therapy, led to the investig… Show more
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