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Cardiac tamponade following stent implantation with adjuvant platelet IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitor administration.

Abstract
This case report describes a previously unreported complication of stent implantation in association with the use of adjuvant platelet IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitor administration. Following stent implantation, the patient developed cardiac tamponade, treated successfully with percutaneous pericardiocentesis and autologous platelet administration.
AuthorsR K Bottner, K R Hardigan
JournalCatheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis (Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn) Vol. 40 Issue 4 Pg. 380-2 (Apr 1997) ISSN: 0098-6569 [Print] United States
PMID9096940 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
Chemical References
  • Peptides
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
  • Eptifibatide
Topics
  • Aged
  • Angina, Unstable (diagnosis, physiopathology)
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary (adverse effects, instrumentation)
  • Cardiac Tamponade (diagnostic imaging, etiology, therapy)
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Disease (diagnosis, therapy)
  • Drainage (methods)
  • Eptifibatide
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Peptides (adverse effects)
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors (adverse effects)
  • Platelet Transfusion
  • Prostheses and Implants (adverse effects)
  • Stents (adverse effects)

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