Table 3.

Perioperative management of antiplatelet drugs in case of elective non-cardiac surgery.

Molecule	Postponement of elective surgery	Resumption after surgery	Postponement of intracranial neurosurgery
ASA	3–5 days*	24–96 h*	5 days
Clopidogrel	5 days	24–96 h	7 days
Prasugrel	7 days	24–96 h	9 days
Ticagrelor	5 days	24–96 h	7 days
Cangrelor	1 h	24–96 h¶	1 h

^*Whenever interrupted. ASA could be continued around the time of most elective surgeries.

^¶Resumption is usually performed with an oral P2Y₁₂ receptor antagonist.