Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Verheugt FWA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8556441 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Verheugt F W A FWA Damman P P Damen S A J SAJ Wykrzykowska J J JJ Woelders E C I ECI van Geuns R -J M R-M
Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation 20210608 11
For secondary prevention of coronary artery disease (CAD) antiplatelet therapy is essential. For patients undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) temporary dual antiplatelet platelet therapy (DAPT: aspirin combined with a P2Y12 blocker) is mandatory, but leads to more bleeding than single antiplatelet therapy with aspirin. Therefore, to reduce bleeding after a PCI the duration of DAPT is usually kept as short as clinically acceptable; thereafter aspirin monotherapy is administered. ...[more]