Usefulness of the evaluation of stent fracture by 64-multi-detector row computed tomography.
A 77-year-old man with unstable angina pectoris showed severe coronary stenosis with soft plaque in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) as detected by 64-multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT). Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with a bare-metal stent to the LAD was performed, and stent fracture immediately after PCI was clearly detected by MDCT. MDCT may be useful for identifying a fractured stent and for management after stent implantation.
Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Ryoko
R
Mitsutake
Shin-Ichiro
S
Miura
Hiroaki
H
Nishikawa
Keijiro
K
Saku
D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000628:therapy; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed