OPCAB after Placement of Drug-Eluting Stent : A Case of Cardiac Tamponade Developing after Resumption of Ticlopidine Administration in the Early Postoperative Period
10.4326/jjcvs.38.197
- VernacularTitle:薬剤溶出性ステント挿入後の OPCAB ：術後早期にチクロピジン再開後に心タンポナーデを発症した1例
- Author:
Kenta Izumi
;
Yoichi Hisata
;
Shiro Hazama
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
ticlopidine
- From:Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
2009;38(3):197-200
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
A 72-year-old man presented with a chief complaint of chest pain. Since ECG showed ST elevation in leads III and aVF, suggestive of acute myocardial infarction, we performed emergency coronary angiography which revealed total occlusion of RCA#3, 75% stenosis of LAD#6, and 99% stenosis of LAD#7. Thus, RCA occlusion was the likely cause of the chest pain, and a drug-eluting stent (DES) was placed in RCA#3. OPCAB of the LITA to the LAD (LITA-LAD) was performed 44 days later. The volume of postoperative drainage was very low, and, since the DES was in place, the administration of aspirin 100 mg once daily and ticlopidine 200 mg twice daily was started on the first morning after surgery. On the second morning after surgery, the CVP rose rapidly to 16, and then to 23 mmHg. Chest CT revealed massive hemopericardium and hemomediastinum, and re-thoracotomy was performed for hematoma removal. There was no bleeding at the anastomosis or graft sites, with minimal bleeding from mediastinal adipose tissue. Thereafter, his condition improved uneventfully, and he was discharged on the 19th postoperative day. Since the DES was in place, the administration of antiplatelet agents was resumed in the early postoperative period to prevent occlusion, which resulted in the development of cardiac tamponade due to bleeding. We report the case of severe postoperative complication due to DES placement.
