Abstract
What can be seen from the case report by Verzelloni et al. has a double
value, beyond the case itself. First of all, the use of platelet
aggregation assessment tests, such as TEG-PM, allows clinicians to
verify the exact timing between the suspension of thienopyridines and
the possibility of surgery without further temporal delays and is also
able to favor the evolution of ischemic problems or hemodynamic
instability not easily treatable. It therefore allows clinicians to
optimize the bleeding / thrombosis matching. Secondly, the use of point
of care methodologies for the evaluation of platelet aggregation allows
us to evaluate the adequacy of the anti-aggregation, facilitating, where
resistance or percentages of anti-aggregation are lower than expected,
modification of the therapeutic regimen.