Thomas Jefferson University Scientists Fnd That Plavix Appears to Be Safe During and After Heart Bypass

(PHILADELPHIA) -- Heart surgeons don’t have to choose between taking a coronary-bypass patient off the popular anti-clotting drug clopidogrel (Plavix) after off-pump heart bypass surgery or having the patient bleed excessively in the days following surgery, according to a new study by researchers at Jefferson Medical College.

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