A Case of Neointimal Calcification in a Drug-Eluting Stent.
- Author:
Young June YANG
1
;
Jaemin SHIM
;
Jung Sun KIM
;
Young Guk KO
;
Donghoon CHOI
;
Yangsoo JANG
;
Myeong Ki HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mkhong61@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Drug-Eluting stents;
Neointima;
Calcification
- MeSH:
Atherosclerosis;
Cicatrix;
Drug-Eluting Stents;
Hyperplasia;
Neointima;
Stents
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2011;81(1):98-101
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Neointimal hyperplasia is the main mechanism of stent restenosis. Therefore, drug-eluting stents have replaced bare metal stents because there is less neointima and scar formation. Recently, some cases of stent restenosis after using a bare metal stent were found to involve calcification, not neointimal hyperplasia, and regarded as de novo atherosclerosis. We report unusual circular calcification inside a drug-eluting stent, which we called neointimal calcification.
