title: Early coronary aneurysm with Paclitaxel-eluting stent.
abstract: Coronary aneurysm may occur after implantation of a paclitaxel-eluting stent. However, early coronary aneurysms arevery rare. We report an early coronary aneurysm at one month in a middle-aged man who had anterior descendingartery infarct angioplasty done with two overlapped Taxus Liberte stents. Our finding was a fortuitous one. The casedescribed here illustrates the need for a higher index of suspicion for a coronary aneurysm when overlapping drug-eluting stents are used, especially in an infarct angioplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Latchumanadhas
authors.forename: K Gokulakrishna
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Venkatesan
authors.forename: Sm
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Juneja
authors.forename: S Ajit
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mullasari