• Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jul 2007

    Case Reports

    Uneventful removal of an epidural catheter guided by impedance aggregometry in a patient with recent coronary stenting and treated with clopidogrel and acetylsalicylic acid.

    • Lars Bergmann, Peter Kienbaum, Klaus Görlinger, and Jürgen Peters.
    • Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany. lars.bergmann@uni-essen.de
    • Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2007 Jul 1;32(4):354-7.

    ObjectiveThis report suggests that impedance aggregometry can be helpful to assess optimum time for and minimize the risk of catheter removal during double antiplatelet therapy.Case ReportA 52-year-old patient undergoing cystectomy during combined general and epidural anesthesia suffered an acute myocardial infarction, and required coronary artery stenting and dual antiplatelet function therapy.ConclusionsBalancing the risks of stent occlusion and epidural bleeding, bedside impedance aggregometry helped to identify the optimum time window for epidural catheter removal with the lowest bleeding risk in this patient.

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