title: What to do when a patient with coronary stents needs surgery?
authors.affiliation: VA North Texas Healthcare System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: esbrilakis@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Emmanouil S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Brilakis
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: George D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Dangas
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
keywords: bare-metal stent(s); drug-eluting stent(s); percutaneous coronary intervention; stent thrombosis; stents; surgery