The lack of endothelization after drug-eluting stent implantation as a cause of fatal late stent thrombosis.

The authors present a fatal case of late thrombosis of paclitaxel-eluting stent implanted in the left main stem occurring 6 months after the procedure and 3 weeks after the cessation of clopidogrel. An autopsy has shown the lack of endothelization of deployed stent.