title: Full-metal jacket: A bad strategy.
abstract: Although drug-eluting stents are increasingly used to treat coronary disease, restenosis remains the major limitation of these devices. We report a case of complete metal jacket using 17 stents for triple-vessel coronary disease in a 73-year-old man, for whom surgery would have been the best choice.
authors.affiliation: Department Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Santiago de Compostela, Spain framan1@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Jose Rubio
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.affiliation: Department Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan Sierra
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Quiroga
authors.affiliation: Department Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Laura Reija
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.affiliation: Department Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Angela Granda
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Bauza
authors.affiliation: Department Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose Manuel Martinez
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cereijo
authors.affiliation: Department Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Elche, Spain.
authors.forename: Carola Rubio
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Taboada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D018579:Patient Selection; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019233:Retreatment; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D008670:Metals
keywords: Coronary disease; Myocardial revascularization; Stents