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A Case of in‐stent thrombosis in a patient with drug eluting stents during perioperative management with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors
Author(s) -
Singh Manmeet,
Bolla Vema H.,
Berg Ryan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.24845
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , thrombosis , stent , antiplatelet drug , surgery , drug , drug eluting stent , catheter , pharmacology , aspirin , clopidogrel , restenosis
The management of patients with drug eluting stents (DES) who require early surgical intervention prior to the completion of antiplatelet therapy is challenging. Available literature suggests that bridging these high risk patients with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (g2b3a) inhibitors could be efficacious in preventing stent thrombosis (Ben Morrison et al., Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2012;79;575–582). However, this still remains to be proven in larger prospective studies. We report a case of stent thrombosis in a patient with DES planned for neurosurgery while on bridging g2b3a inhibitors therapy in the perioperative period. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.