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Ticagrelor-Based Antiplatelet Regimens in Patients Treated With Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Submitted by

Emily Robinson

Source

Source Name: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezz260

Author(s)

Moritz von Scheidt, Dario Bongiovanni, Ulrich Tebbe, Bernd Nowak, Jan Stritzke, Qiang Zhao, Yunpeng Zhu, Adnan Kastrati, Salvatore Cassese, Heribert Schunkert

The authors present a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials regarding the outcome of ticagrelor-based antiplatelet therapies in patients after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. They found a reduced rate of major adverse cardiac events and a reduced mortality in these patients receiving aspirin and/or clopidogrel. This finding should be investigated in randomized trials, as it could potentially change the standard of care of CABG patients.