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Neoatherosclerosis and plaque rupture as triggers for very late stent thrombosis in a bare-metal stent
Affiliations- University of Pavia, Italy
- Division of Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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Abstract
Very late stent thrombosis has been increasingly described in the drug eluting stent era. A 56-year-old male presented with anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction, he received a bare-metal stent in the left anterior descending artery in 2010. We obtained an optical coherence tomography scan, showing ruptured neoatherosclerotic plaque with thrombus.
Abstract
Very late stent thrombosis has been increasingly described in the drug eluting stent era. A 56-year-old male presented with anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction, he received a bare-metal stent in the left anterior descending artery in 2010. We obtained an optical coherence tomography scan, showing ruptured neoatherosclerotic plaque with thrombus.
Keywords
stent thrombosis, optical coherence tomography, myocardial infarction
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Neoatherosclerosis and plaque rupture as triggers for very late stent thrombosis in a bare-metal stent
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Case report
Pages
34-35
Published online
2017-09-21
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Medical Research Journal 2017;2(1):34-35.
Keywords
stent thrombosis
optical coherence tomography
myocardial infarction
Authors
Andrea Baldo
Gabriele Crimi
Stefano De Servi
Maurizio Ferrario
Luigi Oltrona Visconti