New guidelines on duration of dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery disease: what's the novelty?

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Cardiology, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Pierre et Marie Curie University, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France.

Editorial

Gérard Helft. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;8(10):E1301-E1303.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.10.98.

¹ Institute of Cardiology, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Pierre et Marie Curie University, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

2016 ACC/AHA guideline focused update on duration of dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Levine GN, Bates ER, Bittl JA, Brindis RG, Fihn SD, Fleisher LA, Granger CB, Lange RA, Mack MJ, Mauri L, Mehran R, Mukherjee D, Newby LK, O'Gara PT, Sabatine MS, Smith PK, Smith SC Jr, Halperin JL, Levine GN, Al-Khatib SM, Birtcher KK, Bozkurt B, Brindis RG, Cigarroa JE, Curtis LH, Fleisher LA, Gentile F, Gidding S, Hlatky MA, Ikonomidis JS, Joglar JA, Pressler SJ, Wijeysundera DN. Levine GN, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Nov;152(5):1243-1275. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.07.044. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016. PMID: 27751237 No abstract available.

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