Peripartum management of dual antiplatelet therapy and neuraxial labor analgesia after bare metal stent insertion for acute myocardial infarction

Anesth Analg. 2012 Sep;115(3):613-5. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31825ab374. Epub 2012 May 14.

Abstract

A 31-year-old woman at 32 weeks' gestation presented with an ST segment elevation myocardial infarction with subsequent bare metal stent placement. A multidisciplinary team coordinated the delivery plan, including anticoagulation and delivery mode. Because the patient was at high risk for stent thrombosis, clopidogrel was discontinued after 4 weeks and bridged with eptifibatide for 7 days. Eptifibatide was stopped for induction of labor. Twelve hours after eptifibatide was discontinued, hemostatic function was assessed with thromboelastography before initiating neuraxial analgesia. A successful operative vaginal delivery was performed, followed by an uncomplicated recovery. Clopidogrel was resumed 24 hours postpartum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Analgesia, Obstetrical*
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
  • Aspirin / administration & dosage
  • Clopidogrel
  • Eptifibatide
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Metals
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
  • Nerve Block*
  • Peptides / administration & dosage
  • Peripartum Period
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / administration & dosage*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / therapy*
  • Stents*
  • Ticlopidine / administration & dosage
  • Ticlopidine / analogs & derivatives

Substances

  • Metals
  • Peptides
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
  • Clopidogrel
  • Eptifibatide
  • Ticlopidine
  • Aspirin