Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Event-free patients following PCI at 1 year may not need prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy

Results of the ARCTIC-INTERRUPTION trial presented at TCT 2013 According to a new study, patients that do not experience a major cardiac event in the first year after receiving drug-eluting stent (DES) may not need to receive prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). Results from the ARCTIC-INTERRUPTION trial were presented at the 25th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium. Sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), TCT is the world's premier educational meeting specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine...

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