Very Late Stent Thrombosis Associated With Multiple Stent Fractures and Peri-Stent Aneurysm Formation After Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation

Shin-Eun Lee; Sung-Hee John; Ji-Hyun Lim; Jay-Young Rhew

doi:10.1253/circj.72.1201

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Very Late Stent Thrombosis Associated With Multiple Stent Fractures and Peri-Stent Aneurysm Formation After Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation

Shin-Eun Lee, Sung-Hee John, Ji-Hyun Lim, Jay-Young Rhew

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Keywords: Aneurysm, Coronary artery disease, Stents, Thrombosis

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2008 Volume 72 Issue 7 Pages 1201-1204

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.72.1201

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Abstract

Previous randomized trials have shown that drug-eluting stents (DES) are superior to bare-metal stents in reducing the need for target lesion revascularization, but safety issues with DES have recently been raised. We report a rare case of very late stent thrombosis 35 months after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation associated with delayed 5-segment stent fractures and peri-stent aneurysm formation. (Circ J 2008; 72: 1201 - 1204)

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