FDA says drug-eluting stents are safe & effective in stable patients with single-vessel disease; even so, they'll have to take Plavix (clopidogrel) & aspir...FDA says drug-eluting stents are safe & effective in stable patients with single-vessel disease; even so, they'll have to take Plavix (clopidogrel) & aspirin for a year or more...up to a lifetime. High-risk patients with multivessel disease are much more
to debate aspirin thrombosis safety plavix coronary bare-metal stents artery controversy uncertainty multi-vessel ambiguity BMS efficacy drug-eluting CAD clopidogrel DES disease single-vessel risk restenosis by avivagabriel on Jul 14, 2007, 7:50 AM