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SUBMITTER: Wang P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6652628 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Wang Ping P Zhou Shijie S Zhou Rui R Liu Gan G Tang Ping P He Jing J Ma Cong C He Yi Y Yang Jinliang J
Clinical cardiology 20120514 10
The combination of cilostazol, aspirin, and clopidogrel (triple therapy) after percutaneous coronary intervention has been considered as an alternative therapy. We performed a meta-analysis based on 8 randomized controlled trials with a total of 3332 patients to compare the effectiveness and safety of this triple therapy with traditional dual therapy (aspirin and clopidogrel). Our findings suggested that the triple therapy is more effective than dual therapy in preventing restenosis (odds ratio ...[more]