Does a small oral dose of clonidine reduce the incidence of perioperative myocardial ischemic episodes in patients having vascular surgery with suspected or documented coronary artery disease?
Prophylactic oral clonidine reduces perioperative myocardial ischemia in vascular surgery patients with coronary artery disease.
A small oral dose of clonidine, given prophylactically, can reduce the incidence of perioperative myocardial ischemic episodes without affecting hemodynamic stability in patients with suspected or documented coronary artery disease.
Stűhmeier et al. (Tue,) studied this question.