TY - JOUR
T1 - Coronary stents and noncardiac surgery
T2 - Current clinical challenges and conundrums
AU - Heir, Jagtar S.
AU - Gottumukkala, Vijaya
AU - Singh, Manmeet
AU - Yusuf, Syed Wamique
AU - Riedel, Bernhard
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - This article discusses how perioperative physicians are currently faced with unique challenges when providing care for surgical patients who have undergone recent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with drug-eluting stent (DES) placement. Despite adhering to the currently recommended antiplatelet regimens, these patients may still be at risk for sustaining a myocardial infarction secondary to stent thrombosis during the perioperative period. Given the high morbidity and mortality rates associated with perioperative myocardial infarction, it is important that the perioperative care of surgical patients with previous DES placement should be discussed, evaluated, and clarified by all practitioners who may be involved in their care.
AB - This article discusses how perioperative physicians are currently faced with unique challenges when providing care for surgical patients who have undergone recent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with drug-eluting stent (DES) placement. Despite adhering to the currently recommended antiplatelet regimens, these patients may still be at risk for sustaining a myocardial infarction secondary to stent thrombosis during the perioperative period. Given the high morbidity and mortality rates associated with perioperative myocardial infarction, it is important that the perioperative care of surgical patients with previous DES placement should be discussed, evaluated, and clarified by all practitioners who may be involved in their care.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1751-7141.2009.00044.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1751-7141.2009.00044.x
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 20021620
AN - SCOPUS:72549105878
SN - 1520-037X
VL - 13
SP - 8
EP - 13
JO - Preventive cardiology
JF - Preventive cardiology
IS - 1
ER -