title: Tirofiban and intracoronary stenting: evaluation of a new pharmacologic regimen.
abstract: Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonists are effective in decreasing cardiac events in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Abciximab reduces cardiac morbidity in patients receiving coronary stents. We sought to evaluate the use of tirofiban infusion in patients receiving intracoronary stents. We created a prospective registry of 50 consecutive patients in a single catheterization lab receiving a single vial of tirofiban (12.5 mg) and stenting. Successful stent deployment with a 30-day follow-up occurred in all patients. Clinical endpoints included death (0%), procedural infarct (4%), urgent revascularization (0%), stroke (0%), bleeding complication (4%), and vascular injury (0%). Tirofiban appeared to be a safe adjunctive therapy to coronary stenting.
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute of Puget Sound, 1035 116th Avenue N.E., Bellevue, WA 98004, USA.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Amidon
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Amidon
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coffler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000628:therapy; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D000077466:Tirofiban; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D014443:Tyrosine; D000077466:Tirofiban