Contrast stainings outside the stents of the superficial femoral artery after polymer-free drug-eluting peripheral stents implantation

Cardiovasc Interv Ther. 2015 Jul;30(3):293-8. doi: 10.1007/s12928-014-0290-4. Epub 2014 Aug 8.

Abstract

A 65-year-old man with occlusion of the left superficial femoral artery (SFA) underwent the endovascular therapy (EVT). A successful EVT was performed with three paclitaxel-eluting peripheral stents (Zilver PTX®) implanted in the left SFA. Angiography 1 year later showed an exudation of contrast outside the stent struts, and intravascular ultrasound, and optical coherence tomography also showed incomplete stent apposition with remarkable positive vascular remodeling. Zilver PTX® stent is a polymer-free stent and it is unclear that the reason why the patient treated with Zilver PTX® stents in the SFA lesions caused the contrast stainings outside the stents. However, we need more careful long-term follow-up of this patient for late thrombosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiography
  • Drug-Eluting Stents*
  • Femoral Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Femoral Artery / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Paclitaxel / administration & dosage
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional
  • Vascular Remodeling

Substances

  • Paclitaxel