Late stent thrombosis after implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent.
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.
Kerner
Arthur
A
Division of Invasive Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Gruberg
Luis
L
Kapeliovich
Michael
M
Grenadier
Ehud
E
D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D020123:Sirolimus