Late stent thrombosis after implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent. |
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Authors: | Arthur Kerner Luis Gruberg Michael Kapeliovich Ehud Grenadier |
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Institution: | Division of Invasive Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. |
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Abstract: | Late stent thrombosis in the era of routine high-pressure stent deployment and combined antiplatelet therapy with thienopyridines and aspirin has become a rare but feared complication. We describe a patient with acute myocardial infarction due to late stent thrombosis 6 weeks after deployment of a sirolimus-eluting stent and 2 weeks after the discontinuation of clopidogrel. This is the first report of late thrombosis of a sirolimus-eluting stent. |
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Keywords: | thrombosis coronary sirolimus stent |
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