Risk for stent thrombosis after early surgery
Risk of cardiac death, myocardial infarction or stent thrombosis is increased 27 – fold in the week following non-cardiac surgery, compared with any other week after stenting [1].
This data is from the initial era of drug eluting stents. The thrombogenicity of newer generation drug eluting stents are much lower.
Reference
- Peter B Berger, Neal S Kleiman, Michael J Pencina, Wen-Hua Hsieh, Steven R Steinhubl, Allen Jeremias, Ali Sonel, Kevin Browne, Greg Barseness, David J Cohen, EVENT Investigators. Frequency of Major Noncardiac Surgery and Subsequent Adverse Events in the Year After Drug-Eluting Stent Placement Results From the EVENT (Evaluation of Drug-Eluting Stents and Ischemic Events) Registry. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Sep;3(9):920-7.