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Publication year: 2009<br><b>Source:</b> The American Journal of Cardiology, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 14 October 2009<br>Theresa, Poppe , Bonita, Singal , Mark, Cowen , Avinash, Srikanth , Tauqir Y., Goraya<br><br>Current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines recommend loading clopidogrel ≥6 hours before percutaneous coronary intervention. Other American College of Cardiology guidelines advise withholding clopidogrel for 5 days before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to avoid excessive bleeding. Previously published rules for predicting early CABG after coronary angiography (CA) were developed in selected patients with non–ST-segment elevation

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