Aspirin, Plavix, and Other Antiplatelet Medications: What the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Needs to Know.
Most patients with coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular disease are on long-term antiplatelet therapy and dual therapy. Achieving a balance between ischemic and bleeding risk remains an important factor in managing patients on antiplatelet therapy. For most outpatient surgical procedures, maintenance and continuation of this therapy are recommended. Consultation with the patient's cardiologist, physician, and/or vascular surgeon is always recommended before interrupting or withholding this treatment modality.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Andre E
AE
Ghantous
Private Practice, Greater Waterbury OMS, 435 Highland Avenue, Suite 100, Cheshire, CT 06410, USA; Beau Visage Med Spa, 435 Highland Avenue, Suite 100, Cheshire, CT 06410, USA; Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Craniofacial Sciences, University of Connecticut, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA. Electronic address: eferneini@yahoo.com.
Elie M
EM
Ferneini
D001241:Aspirin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D054539:Medication Therapy Management; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine; D001241:Aspirin
Angioplasty; Antiplatelet therapy; Aspirin; Bleeding; Cardiac stenting; Clopidogrel; Coronary artery disease; Myocardial infarction