American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 5 , Pages 899-907 , May 2009

The effect of intended duration of clopidogrel use on early and late mortality and major adverse cardiac events in patients with drug-eluting stents

  • Michelle J. Butler, MB, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • David Eccleston, MB, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • David J. Clark, MB, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology at the Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Andrew E. Ajani, MB, BS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Centre for Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Nick Andrianopoulos, MB, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Centre for Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Angela Brennan, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Centre for Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Gishel New, MB, BS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology at the Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Alexander Black, MB, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology at the Geelong Hospital, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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  • Gregory Szto, MB, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology at the Frankston Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Chris M. Reid, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Centre for Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Bryan P. Yan, MB, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • James A. Shaw, MB, BS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Anthony M. Dart, BM, BCh, DPhil

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Stephen J. Duffy, MB, BS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Centre for Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stephen J. Duffy, MB, BS, PhD, Heart Centre, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne 3004, Victoria, Australia.
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  • on behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG)

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PII: S0002-8703(09)00152-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.02.018

American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 5 , Pages 899-907 , May 2009