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British Journal of Anaesthesia 2007 98(6):841-842; doi:10.1093/bja/aem110
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Successful management of patients with a drug-eluting coronary stent presenting for elective surgery

S. Bengeri

Ann Arbor, USA

E-mail: sbengeri@umich.edu

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Editor—I read with interest the recent result report of three cases.1 I think the case report was accepted for publication around the time that a meta-analysis from nine randomized trials was presented at the World Cardiology Congress ‘Comparison of sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting coronary stents regarding the risk of stent thrombosis’. The authors report on a patient1 with a drug-eluting stent (DES) for 18 months who had stent occlusion 7 days after stopping clopidogrel before subacromial decompression.

At present, many surgeons stop all antiplatelet agents for 7 days before surgery.2 The current practice guidelines . . . [Full Text of this Article]

S. Bolsin*, L. Broad, M. Conroy, S. Black, N. Orford and G. Birdsey

Geelong, Australia

* E-mail: steveb@barwonhealth.org.au


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