Discontinuation of Oral Antiplatelet Agents before Dental Extraction - Necessity or Myth?
Background: The risk of excessive bleeding often prompts physicians to interrupt the antiplatelet agents as acetylsalicilyc acid and clopidogrel before dental extractions which puts patients at risk of adverse thrombotic events.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Folia Medica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/folmed.2017.59.issue-3/folmed-2017-0043/folmed-2017-0043.xml?format=INT |