title: Very late stent thrombosis after bare-metal stent implantation: case reports and review of the literature.
abstract: Stent thrombosis (ST) is a catastrophic complication that frequently presents as an acute myocardial infarction and/or death. The most recently accepted definition established by the Academic Research Consortium classifies ST as: early (occurring within 30 days), late (30 days to 1 year) or very late (after 1 year). Very late ST has been reported following drug-eluting stent implantation with rates up to 0.6% per year and has been attributed to delayed strut endothelialization. However, very late ST is unusual after bare-metal stent (BMS) implantation. We report two cases of patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to very late ST 6 and 8 years after BMS implantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lemesle
authors.forename: Tina L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Pinto Slottow
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waksman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015607:Stents; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors