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Perioperative aspirin monotherapy is guideline-recommended for stable stented patients, despite limited supporting evidence.
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Guidelines recommend perioperative aspirin despite limited evidence; leaves open optimal antiplatelet strategy pending randomized trials.
Current guidelines recommend the perioperative continuation of aspirin in patients with coronary drug-eluting stents (DES) undergoing noncardiac surgery. However, supporting evidence is limited.
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Kang et al. (2024) studied this question. Aspirin monotherapy during low-to-intermediate risk noncardiac surgery in stable patients with coronary stents is recommended by guidelines, though supporting evidence is limited.
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