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

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 pericardioc...

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Published in:Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis 1997-04, Vol.40 (4), p.380-382
Main Authors: Bottner, Randy K., Hardigan, Kenneth R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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Angina, Unstable - diagnosis
Angina, Unstable - physiopathology
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - adverse effects
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - instrumentation
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac Tamponade - diagnostic imaging
Cardiac Tamponade - etiology
Cardiac Tamponade - therapy
Cardiology. Vascular system
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Disease - diagnosis
Coronary Disease - therapy
Coronary heart disease
Drainage - methods
echocardiography
Eptifibatide
Heart
Humans
IIb/IIIa inhibitor
Male
Medical sciences
Peptides - adverse effects
perforation
pericardiocentesis
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - adverse effects
Platelet Transfusion
Prostheses and Implants - adverse effects
stent
Stents - adverse effects
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Summary: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. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Diagn. 40:380–382, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:0098-6569
1097-0304
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199704)40:4<380::AID-CCD13>3.0.CO;2-R