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)