title: Salvage of distal non-target coil embolization with stent placement and intravenous eptifibatide in a ruptured, unsecured, atypical aneurysm.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Small aneurysms may be challenging to embolize. In cases of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) where treatment is delayed, physicians may have to balance the risks of certain required therapies (antiplatelet agents) with the risk of rerupture. We describe a case of a technically challenging anterior cerebral artery aneurysm requiring eptifibatide infusion prior to definitive aneurysm treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 57-year-old woman with SAH, underwent coil embolization of a small fenestrated A1-A2 junction aneurysm. The procedure was complicated by downstream coil migration which was then treated with Enterprise stent placement in the pericallosal artery. This required subsequent infusion of a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor until the aneurysm could be repaired surgically.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Revascularization with a stent in a distal cerebral vessel may salvage inadvertent coil migration. Although it is undesirable to administer antiplatelet agents to patients with SAH, in these circumstances short acting agents may be used.
authors.affiliation: Asia Pacific Comprehensive Stroke Institute, Claremont, California, USA. nazli.janjua@apcsi.org
authors.forename: Nazli
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Janjua
authors.forename: Sebina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bulic
authors.forename: Benedict C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Kessarin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Panichpisal
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000077542:Eptifibatide; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010455:Peptides / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015607:Stents; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D000077542:Eptifibatide
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