Usefulness of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in unstable angina due to small vessel disease

A R Galassi; A Ragusa; A Tomaselli; D Giannotta; C Grasso; A Pulvirenti; V Scriffignano; C Tamburino; G Giuffrida

Usefulness of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in unstable angina due to small vessel disease

Ital Heart J. 2001 Dec;2(12):927-31.

Authors

A R Galassi¹, A Ragusa, A Tomaselli, D Giannotta, C Grasso, A Pulvirenti, V Scriffignano, C Tamburino, G Giuffrida

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Cardiology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 11838341

Abstract

We describe the role of abciximab in unstable angina due to small vessel disease in a 58-year-old patient who was submitted to percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and stenting of an occluded venous graft.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angina, Unstable / drug therapy*
Angina, Unstable / etiology*
Angina, Unstable / surgery
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications*
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / drug therapy*
Electrocardiography
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / antagonists & inhibitors*
Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / therapeutic use*

Substances

Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex