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Effects of continuous administration of clopidogrel before off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Authors
 Suk-Won Song  ;  Young-Nam Youn  ;  Gijong Yi  ;  Sak Lee  ;  Kyung-Jong Yoo 
Citation
 CIRCULATION JOURNAL, Vol.72(4) : 626-632, 2008 
Journal Title
CIRCULATION JOURNAL
ISSN
 1346-9843 
Issue Date
2008
MeSH
Acute Coronary Syndrome/blood ; Acute Coronary Syndrome/drug therapy* ; Acute Coronary Syndrome/surgery* ; Aged ; Blood Transfusion ; Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump/adverse effects ; Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump/methods* ; Female ; Hemoglobins/metabolism ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/administration & dosage* ; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/adverse effects ; Postoperative Hemorrhage/etiology ; Reoperation ; Retrospective Studies ; Ticlopidine/administration & dosage ; Ticlopidine/adverse effects ; Ticlopidine/analogs & derivatives*
Keywords
Acute coronary syndrome ; Clopidogrel ; Coronary artery bypass ; Off-pump
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Clopidogrel has become standard treatment after urgent percutaneous coronary revascularization. Due to its enhanced and irreversible platelet inhibition, patients undergoing urgent surgical revascularization have a higher risk of bleeding complications and transfusions. Therefore, the effect of preoperative continuous administration of clopidogrel on the incidence of hemorrhagic complications in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery with acute coronary syndrome was evaluated.

METHODS AND RESULTS: From March 2004 to September 2006, 172 patients with acute coronary syndrome underwent isolated off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery; 70 (40.7%) and 102 (59.3%) of these patients did or did not take clopidogrel before surgery respectively. Seventy patients in each group were matched using propensity scores and associations between preoperative continuous administration of clopidogrel and postoperative bleeding, hemostatic reoperation, blood products received, the need for multiple transfusions and early graft patency by coronary computed tomography were assessed. Univariate analysis showed the continuous clopidogrel group had similar levels of postoperative bleeding for 24 h (601.4+/-312.6 ml vs 637.2+/-452.4 ml, p=0.616) and rates of reexploration (1.4% vs 1.4%), perioperative blood transfusion (33.3% vs 34.3%, p>0.05) and platelet transfusion (2.9% vs 7.1%, p=0.44) compared with the non-continuous group.

CONCLUSIONS: Preoperative continuous administration of clopidogrel did not increase the risk of hemorrhagic complications in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing isolated off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. These findings indicate that surgery after clopidogrel treatment in patients with acute coronary syndrome should not be delayed until platelet function returns to normal because they may have a higher risk of recurrent myocardial ischemic events.
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DOI
10.1253/circj.72.626
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (흉부외과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Song, Suk Won(송석원) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9850-9707
Yoo, Kyung Jong(유경종) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9858-140X
Youn, Young Nam(윤영남)
Yi, Gi Jong(이기종)
Lee, Sak(이삭) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6130-2342
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/107312
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