Perioperative Management of a Patient with Recently Placed Drug-Eluting Stents Requiring Urgent Spinal Surgery

Patients receiving drug-eluting coronary stents (DES) require antiplatelet therapy for at least 12 months to prevent stent thrombosis (ST), a potentially calamitous event. Since interruption of antiplatelet therapy is the greatest risk factor for ST, it is imperative that the decision to discontinue...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM 2012-08, Vol.27 (8), p.1080-1083
Hauptverfasser: Roth, Eira, Purnell, Chad, Shabalov, Olga, Moguillansky, Diego, Hernandez, Caridad A., Elnicki, Michael
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