Usefulness of Intracoronary Angioscopy for Elucidating the Cause of Subacute Thrombosis After Stenting

Abstract

Stent thrombosis is rare with anti-platelet therapy, which consists of aspirin and ticlopidine as a post-stenting administration. A 77-year-old man had repeated stent thrombosis, which was not predicted by coronary angiography, despite using contemporary periprocedural anti-platelet therapy. Only intravascular fiberscopy was able to detect the cause of the stent thrombosis. (Jpn Circ J 2001; 65: 232 - 235)