Usefulness of intracoronary angioscopy for elucidating the cause of subacute thrombosis after stenting.
Stent thrombosis is rare with anti-platelet therapy, which consists of aspirin and ticlopidine as a post-stenting administration. A 77-year-old man had repeated stent thrombosis, which was not predicted by coronary angiography, despite using contemporary periprocedural anti-platelet therapy. Only intravascular fiberscopy was able to detect the cause of the stent thrombosis.
Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.
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Yamada
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Nakagawa
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Hamasaki
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Nobuyoshi
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017546:Angioscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors