Metallic Coronary Stents: Is There a Relationship Between Stent Fracture and Hypersensitivity?

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Jun 12;10(11):1175-1177. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.03.014. Epub 2017 May 17.

Authors

Hiroyoshi Mori¹, Robert Kutys¹, Maria Romero¹, Renu Virmani¹, Aloke V Finn²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, CVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
² Department of Pathology, CVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland; Department of Cardiology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 28527770
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.03.014

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Keywords: bare-metal stent; hypersensitivity reaction; inflammation; stent fracture.

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MeSH terms

Humans
Hypersensitivity*
Stents*