title: Late multiple stent fractures following deployment of sirolimus-eluting stents for diffuse right coronary artery stenosis.
abstract: We report a case of late multiple stent fractures following the deployment of sirolimus-eluting stents (SESs) for diffuse right coronary artery (RCA) stenosis. A 44-year-old male with hyperlipidemia was referred to our hospital for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was performed for total occlusion of the proximal segment of the RCA, and 5 SESs were consecutively implanted for long, diffuse stenotic lesions. A follow-up coronary angiography (CAG) performed 8 months later revealed strut fractures in the middle of all the stents, except the most proximal one. Multislice computed tomography confirmed the locations of the fractured struts inside of the stents.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Shizuoka Medical Center, Shimizu-cho, Japan.
authors.forename: Asako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inami
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogano
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Kyoichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D020123:Sirolimus