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Intravenous administration of tirofiban versus loading dose of oral clopidogrel for preventing thromboembolism in stent-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysms
Thromboembolic complications after stenting of intracranial aneurysms may be affected by antiplatelet administration.
Aims
This retrospective study aimed to assess the safety of intravenous tirofiban versus loading dose of oral clopidogrel for preventing thromboembolism in stent-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysms.
Methods
From January 2006 to December 2013, 281 patients with cerebral aneurysms were treated with stent-coiling using two antiplatelet strategies in comparison: the initial strategy (a loading dose of ≥300 mg clopidogrel followed by dual antiplatelet, clopidogrel group) and the modified strategy (intravenous administration of tirofiban 8 µg/kg over 3 min followed by a maintenance dose of 0.1 µg/kg/min for 24 h, tirofiban group). The end points were rates of perioperative thromboembolic events and intracranial hemorrhages.
Results
Thromboembolic events were observed more often in the clopidogrel group (13/120 aneurysms, 10.83%) than the tirofiban group (6/178 aneurysms, 3.37%; P = 0.010), with no increase in the rate of intracranial hemorrhages (P = 0.164). In the ruptured subgroups, thromboembolic events were significantly fewer in the tirofiban subgroup (5/128, 3.91%) compared with the clopidogrel subgroup (7/53, 13.21%; P = 0.043) with no increase in the rate of hemorrhage (P = 0.360).
Conclusions
Intravenous administration of tirofiban is safe in intracranial aneurysms treated with stent-assisted coiling.
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