Late coronary stent thrombosis associated with exercise testing. |
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Authors: | Guido Parodi David Antoniucci |
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Affiliation: | Division of Cardiology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy. parodiguido@libero.it |
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Abstract: | We report a case of coronary stent thrombosis that occurred 6 months after the primary stenting of the left anterior descending coronary artery for acute myocardial infarction in a 75-year-old man. The reinfarction occurred the day after the demonstration of persistent optimal result of the percutaneous coronary intervention and immediately after exercise testing. A combined approach of a mechanical thrombus burden reduction by using AngioJet thrombectomy with adjunctive glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist was performed, resulting in the complete removal of filling defects on the angiography. |
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Keywords: | coronary angioplasty stent myocardial infarction |
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