Angioscopic findings of delayed healing at sites of sirolimus-eluting stent overlap after 21-month implantation.
Treatment of de novo coronary stenosis with sirolimus-eluting stents is associated with very low rates of target lesion revascularization and other major adverse cardiac events in the short-term after implantation, but a definite frequency of late-stent thrombosis (LST) over a long-term follow-up has become evident. One of the predictors of LST is stent overlap. We reported the angioscopic findings of very delayed healing at sites of sirolimus-eluting stent overlap 21 months post-implantation.
Ichikawa
Minoru
M
Yutani
Chikao
C
Hayashi
Takaharu
T
Nakata
Tsuyoshi
T
Iwata
Akio
A
Lim
Young-Jae
YJ
Mishima
Masayoshi
M
D017546:Angioscopy / Q000379:methods*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013995:Time; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing
D020123:Sirolimus