title: Treatment of long, diffuse in-stent restenosis with sirolimus-eluting stents.
abstract: Treatment of long, diffuse in-stent restenosis remains a therapeutic challenge. We report the successful use of multiple sirolimus-eluting stents (three 33-mm long stents) in a long, diffuse in-stent restenotic lesion. No major adverse cardiovascular events, including acute/subacute/delayed stent thrombosis, were noted at ten months. Angiography at six months showed widely patent stents with 19% restenosis only at the worst segment.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong. listevensl@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Steven Siu-Lung
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Yiu
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D020123:Sirolimus