Late coronary stent infection: a unique complication after drug-eluting stent implantation.
A 75-year-old male developed late coronary stent infection with symptoms presenting months after the initial procedure. This presentation was notably different than that of other cases in the literature, which typically presented days to a few weeks after stent implantation. Persistently unendothelialized stent struts may be a nidus for late infection.
Gonda
Elizabeth
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Wake Heart Research, 3000 New Bern Avenue, Suite G100, Raleigh, NC 27610, USA.
Edmundson
Allyson
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Mann
Tift
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D000038:Abscess; D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors