PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Thabele M Leslie-Mazwi
AU  - Ronil V Chandra
AU  - Daniel C Oh
AU  - Raul G Nogueira
TI  - Novel use of prasugrel for intracranial stent thrombosis
AID  - 10.1136/jnis.2010.004382
DP  - 2011 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
PG  - 358--360
VI  - 3
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/3/4/358.short
4100  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/3/4/358.full
SO  - J NeuroIntervent Surg2011 Dec 01; 3
AB  - Dual antiplatelet therapy is established for prevention of stent thrombosis in cardiac patients, and widely utilized in neurointerventional stent cases. Aspirin and clopidogrel are typically synergistic. We present a case of clopidogrel resistance due to genetic polymorphism resulting in acute stent thrombosis during elective stent-assisted coiling, with novel use of prasugrel as an alternative platelet inhibitor in the neurovascular setting.