My gut feeling is that ABC is attempting to stop the hemorrhaging and the rating decline,'' said David Miller, an analyst with Sander Morris Harris in Los Angeles. But my gut feeling is that I still think there is some kind of corruption in the game.
Current guidelines for patients on OAC undergoing PCI were drafted mainly on the basis of observational data and state that a minimum of 4 weeks of triple therapy after bare-metal stent (BMS) implantation and 1 to 12 months of therapy after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation should be considered 5; 6; 11 ; 12.
Dual antiplatelet therapy consisting of aspirin plus a P2Y12 receptor antagonist is recommended after drug eluting stent implantation for at least 12 months by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and for six to 12 months by European guidelines,5 6 followed by aspirin monotherapy.