Nagarathna Manjappa, MD

Case Report

Very Late Bare-Metal Stent Thrombosis. A Case Report and Review of the Literature

08/01/2008

Stent thrombosis is defined as acute thrombotic occlusion in the stented segment of a coronary artery, usually presenting as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction,1 and typically occurs within the first several weeks after stent...

Stent thrombosis is defined as...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

High-Dose Tirofiban Administered as Bolus-Only during
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

08/01/2008

Nagarathna Manjappa , MD;

Jonathan D. Marmur , MD, FACC;

Erdal Cavusoglu , MD;

Shyam Poludasu , MD;

Ajay Agarwal , MD;

Inhibition of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptors during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using tirofiban, eptifibatide and abciximab has been associated with improved outcomes.1 The only head-to-head comparison to these agents...

Inhibition of platelet...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology