P Acute Coronary Syndromes cute Clopidogrel Use and Outcomes in Patients ith Non – ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary yndromes Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

ajendra H. Mehta, MD, MS, FACC,* Matthew T. Roe, MD, MHS, FACC,* Jyotsna Mulgund, MS,* . Magnus Ohman, MD, FACC,† Christopher P. Cannon, MD, FACC,‡ W. Brian Gibler, MD,§ harles V. Pollack, JR, MD, MA, Sidney C. Smith, JR, MD, FACC,† T. Bruce Ferguson, MD,¶ ric D. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACC* urham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Boston, Massachusetts; Cincinnati, Ohio; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; nd New Orleans, Louisiana

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