A Sirolimus: Eluting Stent Fracture Combined with a Coronary Artery Aneurysm
Korean Circulation Journal
; : 69-71, 2008.
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ABSTRACT
A stent fracture combined with a coronary artery aneurysm is a rare event. As these events can lead to a harmful outcome, such as the development of myocardial ischemia by in-stent restenosis or thrombosis, repeated coronary intervention may be required. We report a case of a stent fracture combined with a coronary artery aneurysm. The fracture was thought to have developed by mechanical stress produced from a change of regional wall motion after an anteroseptal myocardial infarction. As detected by the use of intravascular ultrasound, neither in-stent restenosis nor a thrombus in the fractured stent was present. A cardiac magnetic resonance image showed that no viable myocardium in the anteroseptal wall was present. Therefore, the patient underwent medical treatment without intervention of the fractured stent.
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Main subject:
Stress, Mechanical
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Thrombosis
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Stents
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Myocardial Ischemia
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Coronary Vessels
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Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction
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Aneurysm
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Myocardium
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Korean Circulation Journal
Year:
2008
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Article