For patients maintained on antiplatelet monotherapy post-DAPT following PCI, what is your recommendation for holding antiplatelet therapy prior to non-cardiac surgery?

Topics: Cardiology • Interventional Cardiology

Do you ever recommend "bridging" with low-dose aspirin?

Answer from: at Academic Institution

As clopidogrel recently has gained traction as a preferred long-term monotherapy to aspirin but is generally not allowed to be administered for a week prior to surgery I have “bridged” with 81 mg aspirin.

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at South Texas Health System Heart
Agree with the answer.

at Corewell Health Medical Center
The majority of our patients are still maintained ...

at Aurora Cardiology And Electrophysiology
Agree with your answer.

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