BJA Advance Access originally published online on November 22, 2006
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2007 98(1):19-22; doi:10.1093/bja/ael318
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Successful management of patients with a drug-eluting coronary stent presenting for elective, non-cardiac surgery
1 Department of Perioperative Medicine, Anaesthesia & Pain Management, The Geelong Hospital, Barwon Health Ryrie Street, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
2 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, The Geelong Hospital, Barwon Health Ryrie Street, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
3 Department of Cardiology, The Geelong Hospital, Barwon Health Ryrie Street, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
4 Pharmacy, The Geelong Hospital, Barwon Health Ryrie Street, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
*Corresponding author. E-mail: steveb{at}barwonhealth.org.au
This paper describes the management of three patients for elective surgery with drug-eluting stents in the coronary circulation. The risks posed at the time of surgery by such patients include acute coronary syndromes, as a result of stent thrombosis, after cessation of anti-platelet therapy and excessive bleeding from continued anti-platelet therapy. We describe a regime for the management of such patients that successfully avoided these risks in three patients with paclitaxel drug-eluting stents requiring elective non-cardiac surgery.
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