The Living Guidelines: Antiplatelet Agents/Anticoagulants: Aspirin Polling Results for CLASS I Guidelines

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Class I Guidelines
1. For all post PCI stented patients without allergy or increased risk of bleeding, aspirin 162 mg to 325 mg daily should be given for at least 1 month after BMS implantation, 3 months after Sirolimus eluting stent implantation, and 6 months after Paclitaxel eluting stent implantation, after which long-term aspirin use should be continued indefinitely at a dose of 75 mg to 162 mg daily. (Class I Level of Evidence: B)

 AHA / ACC 2007 PCI Guidelines Class I Recommendation 1 for Antiplatelet Agents/Anticoagulants: Aspirin should be CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III