Very late sirolimus-eluting stent displaced fracture in the mid-left anterior descending artery.
Coronary stent fractures are very rare. The predisposing factors for stent fractures are excessive postdilatation, overlapping stents and a hinge site in a tortuous coronary artery. We report a case of very late (after 699 days), displaced, sirolimus-eluting stent fracture deployed at nominal pressures without postdilatation and at a non-hinge portion of the left anterior descending artery.
Rahman
Nasir
N
Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Dhakam
Sajid
S
Kazmi
Khawar Abbass
KA
D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000601:surgery; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000209:etiology; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D020123:Sirolimus