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Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: Balancing Ischemic and Bleeding Risk
Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: Balancing Ischemic and Bleeding Risk
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29 minutes
Released:
Jul 11, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Following placement of cardiac stents, patients receive dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) to prevent stent thrombosis. Prevention of thrombosis is offset by a risk of bleeding. The optimal balance between thrombosis prevention and bleeding risk is not always known. How to go about optimizing DAPT therapy is discussed by Glen Levine, MD, professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and chair of the combined American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guideline Committees.
Released:
Jul 11, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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