Acute Stent Fracture During Balloon Post Dilation of an Everolimus Eluting Stent.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-2016
Abstract
Coronary artery stent fracture is a well described complication during percutaneous intervention, with rates ranging from 0.84 to 8.4 percent in first generation drug eluting stents. Complications of stent fractures usually present with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome or progressive angina days, months to years after initial implantation. We present a case of an acute stent fracture during post balloon dilation of an everolimus eluting stent at a critical stenosis junction of a saphenous vein graft to the first diagonal of the left anterior descending artery. A shorter oversized drug eluting stent was placed to cover the stent fracture with good angiographic results. To our knowledge, this is the first incidence in literature of an acute stent fracture in a saphenous vein graft.
Volume
69
Issue
6
First Page
256
Last Page
259
ISSN
0038-3317
Published In/Presented At
Yee, J., Kelly, S., Kumar, V., Raizada, A., Anuwatworn, A., Stys, T., & Stys, A. (2016). Acute Stent Fracture During Balloon Post Dilation of an Everolimus Eluting Stent. South Dakota medicine : the journal of the South Dakota State Medical Association, 69(6), 256–259.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
27443109
Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division
Document Type
Article