Bare metal stent thrombosis 13 years after implantation.

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-2009

Abstract

There has been a great deal of recent controversy regarding the risk of very late stent thrombosis with drug eluting stents, especially in the context of antiplatelet therapy cessation. We report a case of very late stent thrombosis of a bare metal stent initially implanted for treatment of a myocardial infarction. The patient presented thirteen years later with a recurrent myocardial infarction three days after discontinuing aspirin. Angiography demonstrated thrombotic occlusion and severe underlying restenosis of the stent. To our knowledge, this is the latest bare metal stent thrombosis described in the world medical literature.

Volume

10

Issue

1

First Page

58

Last Page

59

ISSN

1878-0938

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

19159857

Department(s)

Department of Medicine

Document Type

Article

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