[Coronary aneurysm after drug-eluting stent implantation].
The use of drug-eluting stents aiming at by-pass the disadvantage of stainless steel stents have been associated to late thrombosis after withdrawal of anti-platelet agents. We report a case with another complication, the development of a coronary aneurysm in the stent area more than three years after index procedure. Late chronic local inflammatory responses may be responsible for the weakening, erosion and aneusrysm formation.
Paulista
Paulo Paredes
PP
Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. paulistapaulo@ig.com.br
Paulista
Paulo Henrique Dágola
PH
Centemero
Marinella Patrizia
MP
Feres
Fausto
F
D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged