Clarify Dual Antiplatelet Guidance After Stents for ACS
April 2025
New Am Heart Assn guidelines clarify antiplatelet approaches for patients with a stent after acute coronary syndromes (ACS).
Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) combines aspirin with a P2Y12 inhibitor...clopidogrel, prasugrel, ticagrelor.
DAPT is used to prevent major adverse CV events (death, nonfatal MI, stroke, etc) during and after ACS.
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