Usefulness of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in unstable angina due to small vessel disease.
We describe the role of abciximab in unstable angina due to small vessel disease in a 58-year-old patient who was submitted to percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and stenting of an occluded venous graft.
Galassi
A R
AR
Institute of Cardiology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. argal@ctonline.it
Ragusa
A
A
Tomaselli
A
A
Giannotta
D
D
Grasso
C
C
Pulvirenti
A
A
Scriffignano
V
V
Tamburino
C
C
Giuffrida
G
G
D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex