BMS are recommended for low-risk restenosis patients, those in need for
surgery in the near future who cannot take
clopidogrel for an extended period of time, incompliant patients, and those at high risk for thrombotic complication.
3. The combination of (clopidogrel) Plavix and aspirin is very effective in preventing stent thrombosis and should be continued for at least one year after DES, though the proper duration (indefinitely?) is still to be determined by more and longer experience.