Timing of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients on clopidogrel therapy, a review

ABSTRACT

Clopidogrel in addition to aspirin is important pharmacological treatment of patients with severe coronary artery disease or recent coronary artery stenting. However, due to fear for preoperative bleeding, cardiac surgeons routinely tend to hold clopidogrel before cardiac surgery. The goal of this manuscript is to review current literature on this issue