[Efficacy and safety of enoxaparin use during drug-eluting stents implantation]

Kardiologiia. 2008;48(6):28-34.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

We assessed possibility of the use of low molecular heparin enoxaparin during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with implantation of drug eluting stents. Enoxaparin was administered to 225 (0.3 mg/kg intraarterially via catheter) and 215 (0.5 mg/kg intravenously) patients. In comparison group (n=207) we used unfractionated heparin (UFG) intravenously according to standard scheme under control of activated clotting time. Stents implanted (n=797) were Cypher, Taxus, and Endeavor. Immediate angiographic success was 100%. During 48 hours after PCI pronounced bleeding (4.3%) and blood transfusions predominated in UFG treated patients. Number of bleedings was minimal after the intra-arterial use of enoxaparin (0.3 mg/kg). However total rate of all adverse events after PCI turned out to be minimal (7.0%) in the group of patients receiving enoxaparin intravenously (0.5 mg/kg). Thus the use of low molecular heparin enoxaparin is justified during implantation of drug eluting stents. Its optimal dose according to data obtained is 0.5 mg/kg intravenously.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Angina, Unstable / diagnostic imaging
  • Angina, Unstable / physiopathology
  • Angina, Unstable / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / methods*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Enoxaparin / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible
  • Enoxaparin
  • Fibrinolytic Agents