Very late bioresorbable vascular scaffold thrombosis due to late device recoil

Int J Cardiol. 2015:189:132-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.018. Epub 2015 Apr 3.

Authors

Bernardo Cortese¹, Davide Piraino², Alfonso Ielasi³, Giuseppe Steffenino⁴, Pedro Silva Orrego²

Affiliations

¹ Interventional Cardiology, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Interventional Cardiology, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Milano, Italy.
³ Cardiology Division, Bolognini Hospital, Seriate, BG, Italy.
⁴ Interventional Cardiology, S. Croce and Carle Hospital, Cuneo, Italy.

PMID: 25889443
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.018

No abstract available

Keywords: Biovascular scaffold; Predilatation; Scaffold recoil; Very late scaffold thrombosis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Absorbable Implants / adverse effects*
Aged
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation*
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods
Combined Modality Therapy / methods
Coronary Angiography / methods
Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Stenosis / therapy*
Drug-Eluting Stents
Electrocardiography / methods
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction / etiology
Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Prosthesis Failure*
Retreatment
Sirolimus / pharmacology
Stents / adverse effects
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Thrombosis / etiology
Thrombosis / therapy*
Time Factors
Tissue Scaffolds / adverse effects
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Sirolimus