Nasogastric Tube: A Novel Way to Prevent Iatrogenic Bleeding in Emergent Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

Andrea Amabile; Elbert E Williams; Ujjwal Rastogi; Gianluca Torregrossa; John D Puskas

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.033

Nasogastric Tube: A Novel Way to Prevent Iatrogenic Bleeding in Emergent Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Oct;110(4):e269-e270. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.033. Epub 2020 Mar 23.

Authors

Andrea Amabile¹, Elbert E Williams¹, Ujjwal Rastogi², Gianluca Torregrossa¹, John D Puskas³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mount Sinai St. Luke's, New York, New York.
² Department of Cardiology, Mount Sinai St. Luke's, New York, New York.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mount Sinai St. Luke's, New York, New York. Electronic address: john.puskas@mountsinai.org.

PMID: 32217068
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.033

Abstract

Patients with indications for emergent cardiac surgery procedures who have previously received a P2Y12 inhibitor loading dose are at extremely high risk for bleeding. We present a successful example of lateral thinking in solving a controversial clinical scenario.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Bypass*
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease / prevention & control
Intubation, Gastrointestinal*
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Hemorrhage / chemically induced
Postoperative Hemorrhage / prevention & control*