The recent cardiology meeting in Barcelona reported on a significant number of late stent thrombosis cases in patients with drug eluted stents and the probable need for longer prescribing of Plavix. I am 41 months post lad stenting and wonder if I should start up Plavix again sinceI think they reported a .6% increase in thrombosis per year after patients went off Plavix. Since there are 6 million patients with stents, I believe that the iatrogenic need for long term Plavix is going to be a potentially big problem for cardiologists and GPs. Thank you for your comments.