Late stent thrombosis after drug-eluting stent implantation: A rare case of accelerated neo-atherosclerosis and early manifestation of neointimal rupture

Young June Yang, Mihyun Kim, Choongki Kim, Junbeom Park, Jaewon Oh, Hoyoun Won, Byeong Keuk Kim, Myeong Ki Hong

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Abstract

An 80-year old woman suffered from sudden onset of chest pain and dyspnea, and visited the emergency room. She received stent implantation with a biolimus A9-eluting stent (Nobori® 3.0x24 mm) at a the mid-portion of the left anterior descending artery 5 months prior to admission. The emergency 5-month follow-up angiogram was performed under the impression of late stent thrombosis. The follow-up angiogram showed subtotal occlusion at the mid-portion of the left anterior descending artery, which was the same segment of previous stent implantation 5 months ago. Immediately after thrombus aspiration with the thrombus aspiration catheter, the optical coherence tomography showed layered appearance of neointimal hyperplasia and neointimal rupture within the previously stented segment. Thus, neointimal rupture within accelerated growth of neointimal tissue was observed within a relatively shorter period (i.e., about 5 months) after stent implantation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)409-412
Number of pages4
JournalKorean Circulation Journal
Volume41
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2011

Keywords

  • Neointima
  • Stents
  • Thrombosis

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