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.
For bare metal stents, aspirin, clopidogrel or ticlopidine, and warfarin should be given for at least 1 month, after which clopidogrel or ticlopidine may be discontinued. If drug-eluting stents are used, the duration of clopidogrel or ticlopidine therapy should be extended to 1 year or more.4,22.