Platelet hyperactivity during exercise leading to iterative coronary stent thrombosis: clinical implications

J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2010 Jul;30(1):105-8. doi: 10.1007/s11239-009-0394-3.

Abstract

Exercise may induce platelet activation in spite of using antiplatelet treatment. We present a case where the initial acute coronary syndrome and the iterative stent thrombosis always occurred after intense and prolonged physical effort. For this patient the at rest response to platelet inhibition with antiplatelet treatments was assessed as adequate, but after exercise the patient developed platelet activation which could be the trigger of his stent thrombosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Restenosis / etiology*
  • Coronary Thrombosis / complications
  • Coronary Thrombosis / therapy*
  • Exercise / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Platelet Activation / physiology*
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Recurrence
  • Stents*

Substances

  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors