REPORT FROM STS WORKFORCE ON EVIDENCE BASED SURGERY 2012 Update to The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Guideline on Use of Antiplatelet Drugs in Patients Having Cardiac and Noncardiac Operations*

Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky (VAF and SPS); Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska (JHO); Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University Medical Center, Portland, Oregon (HKS); State University of New York, Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York (TR); Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado (TBR); Department of Anesthesia, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (CDM); Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sanger Clinic, Charlotte, North Carolina (CRB); Departments of Anesthesiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (GJD); and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois (KJ and ERC)