CONCLUSIONS
This case report highlights the interindividual variability in recovery
time after prasugrel withdrawal and the importance of preoperative PFT
in assessing the extent of platelet inhibition in patients who have
recently received antiplatelet therapy with prasugrel. We have
demonstrated a benefit in the use of preoperative TEG PlateletMapping in
a patient undergoing urgent CABG as it can assist in detecting a
complete recovery of platelet reactivity and guiding a decision on
timing of surgery and optimizing the therapeutic approach without
unnecessary blood product transfusion.
Author contributions: AVS,DS: Conceptualization; Investigation;
Methodology; Writing-original draft; Writing–Review&Editing.FC,SGR : Conceptualization; Investigation;
Writing–Review&Editing.