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Cardiology

Vasopressors, Vasodilators, and Antithrombotics in the Catheterization Laboratory

Built from Cardiovascular Catheterization and Intervention: A Textbook of Coronary, Peripheral, and Structural Heart Disease

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9 sections · 102 slides

  1. 01

    Overview

    • Scope of cath-lab pharmacotherapy
    • Drug groups used in the catheterization laboratory

    2 slides

  2. 02

    Antithrombotic therapy

    • Why antithrombotic therapy is central
    • Extrinsic (tissue factor) pathway
    • Thrombin and fibrin formation
    • Intrinsic (contact activation) pathway
    • Coagulation cascade

    5 slides

  3. 03

    Anticoagulants: heparin and bivalirudin

    • Role of anticoagulants during PCI
    • Choosing between UFH and bivalirudin
    • Anticoagulant Dosing During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
    • Mechanism of unfractionated heparin
    • Unfractionated heparin pharmacology
    • Sources of variable heparin response
    • Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
    • Managing suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
    • Guideline positioning of the two anticoagulants
    • Older trials: HORIZONS-AMI and EUROMAX
    • Contemporary trials: HEAT-PPCI and VALIDATE-SWEDEHEART
    • BRIGHT-4 and the unresolved bleeding question
    • Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Unfractionated Heparin and Bivalirudin in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: trials and P2Y12 loading
    • Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Unfractionated Heparin and Bivalirudin in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: treatment regimens
    • Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Unfractionated Heparin and Bivalirudin in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: outcomes
    • Mechanism of Action and Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Intravenous Antithrombotic Medications
    • Activated clotting time monitoring
    • Limitations of activated clotting time targets
    • Enoxaparin in non-ST-elevation ACS
    • Enoxaparin monitoring and pharmacokinetics

    20 slides

  4. 04

    Anticoagulation with mechanical support

    • Positions of percutaneous mechanical support devices
    • Anticoagulation strategies by device
    • The Impella purge solution
    • Bicarbonate-based purge solution
    • Monitoring anticoagulation during Impella support
    • Anticoagulation during ECMO
    • Monitoring anticoagulation during ECMO

    7 slides

  5. 05

    Antiplatelet therapy

    • Stent deployment in a coronary artery
    • Rationale for dual antiplatelet therapy
    • Agents used for platelet inhibition
    • Intravenous and Oral Antiplatelet Dosing
    • Intravenous and Oral Antiplatelet Dosing (continued)
    • The CURE trial
    • Variability of clopidogrel response
    • Proton pump inhibitor interaction
    • TRITON-TIMI 38
    • Prasugrel: populations to avoid
    • The PLATO trial
    • Ticagrelor: pharmacology and adverse effects
    • ISAR-REACT 5
    • Criticisms of ISAR-REACT 5
    • Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Oral P2Y12 Inhibitors
    • Guideline choice of P2Y12 inhibitor
    • Switching between P2Y12 inhibitors
    • Timing of P2Y12 inhibitor initiation
    • Cangrelor in the catheterization laboratory
    • Duration of dual antiplatelet therapy
    • Recommended DAPT durations

    21 slides

  6. 06

    Dual versus triple antithrombotic therapy

    • The triple therapy problem
    • The WOEST trial
    • Direct oral anticoagulant trials
    • Current approach to combined therapy
    • Documenting risk at the time of PCI

    5 slides

  7. 07

    Haemodynamic support

    • Principles of vasoactive drug selection
    • Summary of Inotrope and Vasopressor Dosing and Pharmacology
    • Dobutamine versus milrinone: pharmacokinetics
    • Milrinone: mechanism and haemodynamic profile
    • The DOREMI trial
    • DOREMI subgroup by renal function
    • Norepinephrine as first-line vasopressor
    • Epinephrine versus norepinephrine: OptimaCC
    • Dopamine and the SOAP II trial
    • Matching the agent to the clinical presentation
    • Clinical Trial Summary of Inotropes and/or Vasopressors in Cardiogenic Shock: design
    • Clinical Trial Summary of Inotropes and/or Vasopressors in Cardiogenic Shock: results
    • Mechanical circulatory support versus drugs
    • Early mechanical support in infarct-related shock

    14 slides

  8. 08

    Intracoronary and intra-arterial medications

    • Occluded coronary arteries on angiography
    • Indications for intracoronary drug administration
    • Management of coronary no-reflow
    • Intracoronary Medications for Coronary No-Reflow
    • Intracoronary epinephrine for refractory no-reflow
    • Intracoronary antithrombotic agents
    • Catheter route for coronary angiography
    • Preventing radial artery occlusion
    • Intra-arterial spasmolytic dosing

    9 slides

  9. 09

    Summary

    • Antithrombotic therapy: key points
    • Haemodynamic and intracoronary therapy: key points
    • Conclusions
    • References
    • References (continued)
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    • References (continued)
    • Cardiovascular Catheterization and Intervention: A Textbook of Coronary, Peripheral, and Structural Heart Disease
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    11 slides