Original Article <p>Clopidogrel treatment is associated with a reduction in thrombotic complications in<br />coronary stent placement, improved outcome after acute coronary syndromes and decreased<br />mortality in patients with coronary artery disease. The purpose of this study<br />was to analyze the effect of preoperative clopidogrel exposure on bleeding complications,<br />blood transfusion requirement and reoperations and ICU and ward stay and mediastinitis<br />in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).</p> CABG; clopidogrel; postoperative blood loss 25 29 http://www.iscs.org.ir/journals/vol.3/no.2/334/