High-maintenance-dose clopidogrel in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND:Despite routine use of clopidogrel, adverse cardiovascular events recur among some patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). To optimize antiplatelet therapies, we performed a meta-analysis to quantify the efficacy of high versus standard-maintenance-dose clopidogrel i...

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Main Authors: Yu Chen, Yachen Zhang, Yong Tang, Xiaohong Huang, Yuquan Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3806846?pdf=render