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After heart cabg better use aspirin 100mg combination warfarin 2mg, or clopidogrel 75mg with warfarin 2mg??

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Dr. Robert Fietsam answered

Specializes in Surgery - Thoracic

Prob aspirin : It seems you may have a fib. So warfarin is important. The use of plavix (clopidogrel) is valuable after PTCA, but not proven to be any better than aspirin. Therefore, I suggest aspirin and warfarin would be better choice.

Answered 2/23/2015

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