Coronary stenting early before non-cardiac surgery: is the endothelial progenitor cell capturing coronary stent a solution?
The authors report, for the first time, immediate and mid-term outcome of early antiplatelet therapy discontinuation followed by uneventful non-cardiac surgery and endovascular aortic repair, few days after successful deployment of an endothelial progenitor cell capturing coronary stent, in three consecutive patients.
Piscione
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Department of Clinical Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
Cassese
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S
Galasso
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G
Rapacciuolo
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A
De Rosa
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R
Piccolo
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R
D'Andrea
C
C
Chiariello
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M
D000368:Aged; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D042783:Endothelial Cells; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013234:Stem Cells; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors