REVIEW ARTICLE Perioperative management of patients receiving antiplatelet therapy 771 Clinical scenarios Case 1 A 76 -year -old female with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and stable angina, with no prior coronary stents or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, is scheduled for an elective outpatient laparoscopic hernia repair. She is receiving ASA, 81 mg/d, and is referred to the perioperative risk assessment and management clinic.Case 2 A 59 -year -old male who has smoked for 40 years suffered an anterior wall ST -segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) that required implantation of a drug -eluting coronary stent in the left anterior descending coronary artery. He is now receiving dual antiplatelet therapy with ASA, 81 mg/d, and clopidogrel, 75 mg/d. A routine chest X -ray showed a suspicious coin lesion, which was subsequently diagnosed, 4 weeks after his MI, as squamous cell lung cancer. A lobectomy is recommended.