title: Late or very late stent thrombosis can also occur with bare metal stents.
abstract: The issue of late stent thrombosis (LAST) has become a subject of highly polemical debate over the past few months. Yet, both acute and LAST has always been a potential complication. The objective of this manuscript is to remind the readers, by means of two case reports, that thrombosis of bare metal stents may occur even very late after stent implantation. In the first case, stent thrombosis occurred after five years. In the second case, it occurred three years after the stenting procedure in a bare metal stent implanted in the circumflex artery of a patient who had also received two drug-eluting stents in the left anterior descending coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Massy, France.
authors.forename: Andres Rosas
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Marie-claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Morice
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lefèvre
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D008670:Metals