"🧠 Fewer Strokes, 🚫 No Bleeds, ✅ Stronger Choice: Clopidogrel After PCI?
Dr RR Baliga's "Got Knowledge Doc" Podkast · MasterMedFacts
April 17, 20254m 17s
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Show Notes
🧪 SMART-CHOICE 3 in a Nutshell
🟣 Clopidogrel beat 🟠 aspirin post-PCI:
📉 Fewer MACCE (4.4% vs 6.6%)
🩸 Same bleeding risk
🍽️ Fewer GI events
⚠️ Editorial: Fragile stats, late benefit, open questions on lifelong therapy.
🎯 Verdict: Promising—but not bulletproof.