A Case of Recurrent Stent Thrombosis in a Patient with Essential Thrombocythemia.
- Author:
Mijin LEE
1
;
Changseob LEE
;
Kyunglee KIM
;
Ohkyoung KWON
;
Hyunhee CHOI
;
Duckhyoung YOON
;
Kyungsoon HONG
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chunchoen Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea. kshong@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Essential thrombocythemia;
Stent thrombosis
- MeSH:
Acute Coronary Syndrome;
Adult;
Angina, Unstable;
Chest Pain;
Coronary Angiography;
Coronary Artery Bypass;
Coronary Vessels;
Drug-Eluting Stents;
Emergencies;
Female;
Humans;
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention;
Stents;
Thrombocythemia, Essential;
Thrombosis;
Transplants
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2012;83(1):101-106
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Coronary artery involvement leading to acute coronary syndrome is a rare complication of essential thrombocythemia. A 43-year-old woman with essential thrombocythemia complained of severe acute chest pain. She had undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with a drug-eluting stent (DES), due to unstable angina, 3 and 2 years earlier. Emergency coronary angiography revealed total occlusion of the DES with thrombus. Twenty minutes after successful primary PCI with a DES, an acute stent thrombosis developed. She was subsequently treated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
