Prior to that I had virtually no symptoms, and no risk factors except for stress, and the cause of the heart attack was a mystery
to everyone. I stayed on
plavix for 6 months (along with low-dose aspirin which I continue to take) and couldn't stand the side effect of severe bruising. My recovery was slow in that I continued to experience lots of chest pain with stress, and was eventually diagnosed with GERD, which I believe was caused either by the stents or the plavix.