How should I treat a patient with life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding early after coronary drug-eluting stent implantation?

EuroIntervention. 2013 Nov;9(7):880-4. doi: 10.4244/EIJV9I7A143.

Abstract

Background: A 68-year-old man was referred for stable angina pectoris and a large apical perfusion defect on stress myocardial scintigraphy. Medical history included chronic oral anticoagulation with warfarin due to longstanding atrial fibrillation, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia.

Investigation: Coronary angiography.

Diagnosis: Severe stenosis of the mid left anterior descending coronary artery.

Treatment: Percutaneous coronary intervention with implantation of drug-eluting stent.

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Drug-Eluting Stents*
  • Humans
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention