We retrospectively reviewed the postoperative hemorrhagic risk in patients undergoing surgery for coronary revascularization who had received platelet antiaggregants preoperatively. A significant increase in postoperative hemorrhage and a higher percentage of reoperations for this reason was observed in the patients treated with ticlopidine. However, there were no major differences in the platelet counts among the groups compared.

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