Dual antiplatelet therapy and the severity risk of lower intestinal bleeding

Background: Dual antiplatelet (Plt) therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel is recommended for up to 1 year following acute coronary syndrome. Many of these cardiac patients are also on anithrombotic therapy like warfarin. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) is the main adverse event of this treatme...

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Main Authors: Neal Carlin, Fady Asslo, Raymund Sison, Hamid Shaaban, Walid Baddoura, Faiza Manji, Joseph Depasquale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
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Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2017;volume=10;issue=3;spage=98;epage=102;aulast=Carlin