Early coronary aneurysm with Paclitaxel-eluting stent.
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.
Latchumanadhas
K
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Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai.
Venkatesan
K Gokulakrishna
KG
Juneja
Sm
S
Mullasari
S Ajit
SA