Ashish Aneja

Publications of Ashish Aneja

• Discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy prior to low-risk noncardiac surgery in patients with drug-eluting stents: a retrospective cohort study.

  Authors: Daniel J Brotman, Mihir Bakhru, Wael Saber, Ashish Aneja, Deepak L Bhatt, Katherina Tillan-Martinez, Amir K Jaffer

  Journal of hospital medicine (Online). 12/2007; 2(6):378-84.

  BACKGROUND: Drug-eluting coronary stents (DESs) pose a challenge in the perioperative period. Sirolimus and paclitaxel may inhibit reendothelialization of the traumatized vessel, making it vulnerableBACKGROUND: Drug-eluting coronary stents (DESs) pose a challenge in the perioperative period. Sirolimus and paclitaxel may inhibit reendothelialization of the traumatized vessel, making it vulnerable to platelet-mediated thrombosis. Given the anecdotal evidence and case series suggesting that DESs may be more vulnerable to thrombosis on discontinuation of antiplatelet agents than are bare-metal stents, we sought to quantify this risk. METHODS: We linked the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center database with the Cleveland Clinic Internal Medicine Preoperative Assessment Consultation and Treatment (IMPACT) Center database to identify all patients who had undergone DES placement at the Cleveland Clinic and subsequently were evaluated for noncardiac surgery between July 2003 and July 2005. Outcome measures included 30-day rate of postoperative myocardial infarction (MI), DES thrombosis, major bleeding, and all-cause mortality. RESULTS: We identified 114 patients who underwent noncardiac surgery a median of 236 days (IQR 125-354) after stent placement. Forty-five patients (40%) underwent surgery within 180 days of stenting, 15 of whom (13%) underwent surgery within 90 days of stenting. Eighty-eight patients (77%) discontinued all antiplatelet agents a median of 10 days before surgery. No patients died. Two patients (1.8%, 95% CI 0.5%-6.2%) suffered postoperative MIs, but postoperative catheterization showed neither had DES thrombosis (0%, 95% CI 0%-3.3%). One patient developed major bleeding (0.9%, CI 0.2%-4.8%). CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that the overall risk of stent thrombosis is low in low-risk noncardiac surgery patients with DESs, particularly those who have undergone at least 180 days of antiplatelet therapy, even after complete discontinuation of antiplatelet agents.

• Does a systolic murmur heard in the aortic area need to be further evaluated prior to elective surgery?

  Authors: Thadeo Catacutan, All Usmani, Ashish Aneja

  Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 10/2007; 74 Suppl 1:S21-3.

• Can brain natriuretic peptide identify noncardiac surgery patients at high risk for cardiac events?

  Authors: Ali Usmani, Priyanka Sharma, Ashish Aneja

  Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 10/2007; 74 Suppl 1:S12-3.

• A 58-year-old woman with mental status changes.

  Authors: Mihir R Bakhru, Ajay Kumar, Ashish Aneja

  Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 07/2007; 74(6):457-62.

• When is it appropriate to stop antiplatelet therapy in a patient with a drug-eluting stent prior to noncardiac surgery? IMPACT consults. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Cleveland Clinic Perioperative Medicine Summit.

  Authors: Anitha Rajamanickam, Vaishali Singh, Ashish Aneja

  Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 10/2006; 73 Electronic Suppl 1:S7-9.

• Is postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing noncardiothoracic surgery an important problem? IMPACT consults. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Cleveland Clinic Perioperative Medicine Summit.

  Authors: Ashish Aneja, Wassim H Fares

  Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 10/2006; 73 Electronic Suppl 1:S20-1.

• Should beta-blockers be discontinued when a patient is admitted to the hospital with acutely decompensated heart failure?

  Authors: Wassim H Fares, Ashish Aneja

  Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 07/2006; 73(6):557-9.