Consecutively developed late stent malappositions following the implantation of two different kinds of drug-eluting stents associated with spontaneous healing.
We describe here a 63-year-old woman, who consecutively developed a stent-related coronary aneurysm of left circumflex artery, which was associated with spontaneous healing, and sequential late stent malapposition of left anterior descending artery following the implantation of two different kinds of drug-eluting stents, respectively. She did not experience any cardiac events for thirty eight months.
Lee
Sun Hwa
SH
Chae
Jei-Keon
JK
Ko
Jae-Ki
JK
D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing