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My husband has cad and had a stent placed in his lad. one dr. says stay on plavix (clopidogrel) and the other says it doesn't matter. why the controversy?
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Depends: This depends on when the stent was put in ; many factors such as type if stent , bare metal or drug eluding, affect this. The major controversy is when it's been longer than a year.
Answered 12/13/2019
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Stay on: The opinions are mixed. You need to stay on it for a year definitely. Occasionally stent thrombosis occurs late after stunting in a complex lesion. Only your cardiologist knows the complexity of your disease.
Answered 3/22/2016
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