title: Highly calcific in-stent restenosis as a substrate for sirolimus-eluting stent very late stent thrombosis.
abstract: We describe a case of very late stent thrombosis with documentation of highly calcific restenosis at optical coherence tomography without clear signs of stent malapposition, neoatherosclerosis disruption, or vascular toxicity to stent polymer. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the first reports dealing with highly calcific restenosis as a potential background to very late stent thrombosis.
authors: Cardiovascular Medicine Department, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
authors: Giovanni Luigi
authors: GL
authors: De Maria
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Aurigemma
authors: Giampaolo
authors: G
authors: Niccoli
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000008:administration & dosage; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence
chemical_list: D020123:Sirolimus