Adjunctive therapies in the cath lab. use of combination glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor and direct thrombin inhibitor drugs to support percutaneous coronary stent placement in a patient with renal insufficiency and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Caputo, R.P.; Giambartolomei, A.; Simons, A.; Reger, M.; Wagner, S.; Esente, P.
Journal of Invasive Cardiology 13(9): 657-660
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 1042-3931 PMID: 11533507 Document Number: 527063
An 81-year-old woman with a history of prior coronary artery bypass surgery, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with "white clot" syndrome, and renal insufficiency presented with unstable angina. She was referred for cardiac catheterization. Complex percutaneous revascularization of the native circumflex coronary artery was performed using stents. A combination of tirofiban and lepirudin was used with dosing adjusted for renal insufficiency. The hospital course was uncomplicated and the patient was discharged on the fourth hospital day. This is only the second report of the combination use of direct thrombin inhibitor and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitor.