Post-infectious pseudoaneurysm after coronary angioplasty using drug eluting stents.
Infections at the site of coronary stents are uncommon, and believed to be the result of either direct stent contamination at the time of delivery, or from transient bacteraemia from the access site. A case of pseudoaneurysm ("mycotic" aneurysm) of the left anterior descending coronary artery, due to infection with Staphylococcus aureus after paclitaxel-eluting stents implantation is presented.
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Constantin B
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Section of Cardiology, P-207, Hospital of Saint Raphael, Yale University, 1450 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. bmarcu@srhs.org
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Dragos V
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Donohue
Thomas J
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D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*