Very Late Stent Thrombosis in Coronary Bare-Metal Stent Implantation: A Case Report.
10.4070/kcj.2007.37.5.230
- Author:
Yoon Sung CHO
1
;
Hyun Gwang JUNG
;
Tae Woo KIM
;
Kang Min KIM
;
Jae Hoon CHANG
;
Dong Hyun RHO
;
Chang Hun LEE
;
Joon Sang LEE
;
Byung Jae AHN
;
Joon Hoon JEONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan, Korea. jjhoon69@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Coronary thrombosis;
Stents
- MeSH:
Acute Coronary Syndrome;
Coronary Thrombosis;
Death, Sudden, Cardiac;
Drug-Eluting Stents;
Humans;
Incidence;
Myocardial Infarction;
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention;
Stents*;
Thrombosis*
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2007;37(5):230-233
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Stent thrombosis is generally a fatal complication after percutaneous coronary intervention. Despite the incidence of stent thrombosis has reduced with improved techniques and drugs, stent thrombosis persists at a rate of 0.5-2% in elective cases, and up to 6% in patients with acute coronary syndromes. It almost always causes acute myocardial infarction or sudden cardiac death. While very late stent thrombosis, occurring beyond 1 year, is not uncommon with the use of drug-eluting stents, it is distinctly unusual with the use of bare-metal stents. We report a case of very late thrombosis of a bare-metal stent occurring 880 days after coronary stent implantation.
