REVERSAL OF THE ANTI-PLATELET EFFECTS OF ASPIRIN AND CLOPIDOGREL

Abstract

Objectives Guidelines recommend stopping aspirin and clopidogrel 7–10 days before surgery to allow time for replacement of permanently inhibited platelets by newly released uninhibited platelets. The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of offset of the anti-platelet effects of aspirin and clopidogrel after stopping treatment and the proportion of untreated donor platelets that are required to reverse their anti-platelet effects. …