Perioperative management of antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary stents undergoing cardiac and non-cardiac surgery: a consensus document from Italian cardiological, surgical and anaesthesiological societies
Roberta Rossini1*, MD, PhD; Giuseppe Musumeci1, MD; Luigi Oltrona Visconti2, MD; Ezio Bramucci2, MD; Battistina Castiglioni3, MD; Stefano De Servi2, MD; Corrado Lettieri4, MD; Maddalena Lettino5, MD; Emanuela Piccaluga6, MD; Stefano Savonitto7, MD; Daniela Trabattoni8, MD; Davide Capodanno9, MD, PhD; Francesca Buffoli4, MD; Alessandro Parolari10, MD; Gianlorenzo Dionigi11, MD; Luigi Boni11, MD; Federico Biglioli12, MD; Luigi Valdatta13, MD; Andrea Droghett
1. Dipartimento Cardiovascolare, AO Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy; 2. Divisione di Cardiologia, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy; 3. U.O. di Cardiologia 2, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy; 4. Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale
Optimal perioperative antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary stents undergoing surgery still remains poorly defined and a matter of debate among cardiologists, surgeons and anaesthesiologists. Surgery represents one o