The Living Guidelines: Drug Eluting and Bare Metal Stents Suggest Revisions to the CLASS IIa Guidelines

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Class IIa Guidelines

 * 1) In patients for whom the physician is concerned about risk of bleeding, a lower dose of 75 mg to 162 mg of aspirin is reasonable. (Class IIa Level of Evidence: C)