Prolonged intravenous eptifibatide infusion for prevention of coronary stent thrombosis.
Coronary bare-metal stent thrombosis usually occurs within a week of angioplasty, and may result in myocardial infarction and death. Thrombosis is effectively prevented by antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel. We describe a patient who was unable to ingest oral medication after angioplasty due to gastrointestinal surgery, and was therefore at risk for stent thrombosis. Intravenous eptifibatide was infused for 8 days in order to achieve parenteral platelet inhibition. We suggest a role for long-term intravenous administration of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors for prevention of stent thrombosis in patients unable to take oral antiplatelet therapy.
Jaffe
Ronen
R
Halon
David A
DA
Carmeli
Julia
J
Carmeli
Judith
J
Lewis
Basil S
BS
D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000077542:Eptifibatide; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D010455:Peptides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015607:Stents
D010455:Peptides; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D000077542:Eptifibatide