National Guideline Clearinghouse | 2012 update to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons guideline on use of antiplatelet drugs in patients having cardiac and noncardiac operations.

National Guideline Clearinghouse | 2012 update to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons guideline on use of antiplatelet drugs in patients having cardiac and noncardiac operations.

February 11, 2013

Guideline Title

2012 update to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons guideline on use of antiplatelet drugs in patients having cardiac and noncardiac operations.

 

Bibliographic Source(s)

Ferraris VA, Saha SP, Oestreich JH, Song HK, Rosengart T, Reece TB, Mazer CD, Bridges CR, Despotis GJ, Jointer K, Clough ER. 2012 update to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons guideline on use of antiplatelet drugs in patients having cardiac and noncardiac operations. Ann Thorac Surg 2012 Nov;94(5):1761-81. [237 references] PubMed

 

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.
This guideline updates a previous version: Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). The Society of Thoracic Surgeons practice guideline series: aspirin and other anti-platelet agents during operative coronary revascularization. Chicago (IL): Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS); 2003. 38 p. [190 references]

Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Nov;94(5):1761-81. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.07.086.

2012 update to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons guideline on use of antiplatelet drugs in patients having cardiac and noncardiac operations.

Ferraris VA, Saha SP, Oestreich JH, Song HK, Rosengart T, Reece TB, Mazer CD, Bridges CR, Despotis GJ, Jointer K, Clough ER; Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

Source

Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0284, USA. ferraris@earthlink.net

PMID:

23098967

[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 

2012 update to the Society of Thoracic Surge... [Ann Thorac Surg. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI