title: Late common iliac artery stent thrombosis in a patient with terminal malignancy.
abstract: Narrowing of the iliac artery is a common presentation of systemic atherosclerosis. With the recent development of invasive techniques, angioplasty and stenting offer excellent results for fixing limb ischemia of aorto-iliac arteries. However, despite novel interventional approaches and constantly increasing experience, complications such as distal embolization, stent migration, acute or subacute iliac artery occlusion, dissection, and perforations are still challenging. Early restenosis and/or reocclusion of peripheral artery stents is uncommon, but the risk of delayed or late thrombotic occlusions of iliac artery stents is unclear. Although with questionable impact, hypercoagulable state or patient noncompliance may contribute to the pathogenesis of stent thrombosis. We describe a patient with terminal renal cell carcinoma who developed late iliac artery stent thrombosis despite dual chronic antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Institute, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Ibrahim H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Tanboğa
authors.forename: Olcay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozveren
authors.forename: Can Yucel
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Karabay
authors.forename: Taylan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akgün
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Türkyilmaz
authors.forename: Hacer C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Tokgöz
authors.forename: Cihangir
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaymaz
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Serebruany
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications*; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine; D001241:Aspirin