Publication: Successful treatment of saphenous venous graft thrombus by tirofiban infusion
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Şentürk, Tunay
Aydın, Kaderli Aysel
Aydın, Özlem
Yeşilbursa, Dilek
Akın, Serdar Osman
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Mosby-Elsevier
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A 60-year old man with a history of coronary-artery bypass grafting presented with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome. Coronary angiography revealed a huge intraluminal thrombus in the saphenous vein graft to the second obtuse marginal branch of the left circumflex artery. A glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor (tirofiban) was administered intravenously. Two days later, thrombus dissolution and Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) grade 3 flow were evident on repeat coronary angiography. Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors may be useful in a thrombus-laden saphenous-vein graft.
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Percutaneous coronary intervention, Myocardial-infarction, Bypass grafts, Disease, Embolization, Angioplasty, Prevention, Occlusion, Efficacy, Cardiovascular system & cardiology, Nursing, Respiratory system
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Şentürk, T. vd. (2010). "Successful treatment of saphenous venous graft thrombus by tirofiban infusion". Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care, 39(3), 237-239.