Antiplatelet rather than anticoagulant therapy with coronary stenting

During coronary angioplasty, stents are being used more and more, not only as a "rescue" procedure when angioplasty fails, but also to improve the initial angioplasty result in order to reduce restenosis. The introduction of high inflation pressures and antiplatelet in coronary stent deployment as opposed to anticoagulant therapy has resulted in fewer bleeding complications, shorter hospital stays and reduced stent thrombotic closure rates.