IA or IV eptifibatide immediately prior to stenting (180 μg/kg) without maintenance infusion

325–650 mg aspirin and 300–600 mg clopidogrel loading immediately after procedure

325 mg aspirin and 75 mg clopidogrel for 6 weeks

325 mg aspirin daily indefinitely

All stented patients given IA bolus glycoprotein IIb/IIIa bolus (Reopro 5–10 mg) then maintained on infusion for 24 hours

Dual antiplatelet medication for at least 3 months

All patient who had not already received IA tirofiban in an attempt to recanalize occluded vessel were given IA bolus (25 μg/kg over 3 min) to maintain stent patency

All patients maintained on IV tirofiban 12 hour infusion (0.1 μg/kg) post-stent insertion

Double antiplatelet medication for 3 months

Aspirin 300mg+300 mg clopidogrel and/or glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (0.1 mg/kg abciximab)

100 mg aspirin and 75 mg clopidogrel for 1 year, then 100 mg aspirin life long

Loading tirofiban 0.3–1.0 mg or Reopro 5–10 mg followed by IV infusion of the same for 6–12 hours

In 40 patients either pre- or post-stent:

• Loading aspirin 100–500 mg and Plavix 300 mg or

• Monotherapy just after stenting with Plavix 75–300 mg

In 8 patients antiplatelets withheld

In 40 of 48 patients, aspirin, clopidogrel or both

After stent deployed, IV tirofiban 25 μg/kg over 3 min, followed by 12 hour 0.1  μg/kg infusion

Postprocedure CT to rule out intracranial hemorrhage, if none 300 aspirin+300 mg clopidogrel loading then 100 mg aspirin/75 mg clopidogrel for 3 months, then lifelong single antiaggregate

In patients who received stent deployment, tirofiban was administered IV with 8.0 g/kg bolus over a period of 3 min immediately before stent deployment, followed by a maintenance dose of 0.10 g/kg/min up to 24 hours after procedure.

2 hours before cessation of infusion, loading clopidogrel (300 mg) and aspirin (300 mg)+half dose infusion

75 mg clopidogrel and 100 mg aspirin daily for 3–6 month

Full loading dose of IA abciximab (0.25 mg/kg). Immediately after the procedure, the patients received 325 mg of aspirin, either orally or rectally

If the postoperative CT did not show evidence of intracranial hemorrhage, patients loaded with clopidogrel 600 mg, followed by daily aspirin and clopidogrel