Stent thrombosis

Management of antiplatelet prophylaxis for neurovascular stent thrombosis in patients requiring urgent neurosurgical procedures may be successfully achieved by bridging aspirin and clopidogrel with ibuprofen and eptifibatide in the preoperative period 1).

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Than KD, Rohatgi P, Wilson TJ, Gregory Thompson B. Perioperative management of a neurosurgical patient requiring antiplatelet therapy. J Clin Neurosci. 2012 Sep;19(9):1316-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.12.018. Epub 2012 Jul 10. PubMed PMID: 22784876.