Open AccessAspirin and Postoperative Bleeding After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Author(s) -
Victor A. Ferraris,
Suellen P. Ferraris,
Oji Joseph,
Paulette Wehner,
Robert M. Mentzer
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200206000-00009
Subject(s) - aspirin , medicine , prospective cohort study , anesthesia , platelet , surgery , clopidogrel
To evaluate the relationship between aspirin ingestion and postoperative bleeding complications, and to test the hypothesis that there is a subset of patients who are aspirin hyperresponders with a proclivity toward platelet dysfunction.