title: Double coronary artery stent fracture with coronary artery microaneurysms.
abstract: Even though drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation is an effective treatment for coronary artery stenosis, there are growing concerns related to the real usefulness of DESs due to their increased incidence of thrombosis, stent fracture, and late stent malapposition in comparison to bare metal stents. We have previously reported a case of stent fractures and multiple microaneurysms in both the left anterior descending and left circumflex coronary arteries. In the present case, we demonstrate the ability of dual-source spiral computed tomography to evaluate the various complications of DESs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical School of Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kang Hyu
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sang Rok
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Gong Yong
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Sun Hwa
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyoung-Suk
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: Jei Keon
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.forename: Won Ho
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Ki
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Ko
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional