2011 Surgical Guidelines Recommend Point-of-Care Platelet Reactivity
Testing Prior to Surgery: Management of Antiplatelet Drug Therapy Important to Quality Improvement

New guidelines published by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists include point-of-care testing for platelet reactivity testing as a new recommendation for pre-operative patient assessment.

Class IIb (C) Recommendation:

Point-of care testing for platelet adenosine diphosphate responsiveness might be reasonable to identify clopidogrel nonresponders who are candidates for early operative coronary revascularization and who may not require a preoperative waiting period after clopidogrel discontinuation.

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