Drug-Coated Balloon Treatment of Very Late Stent Thrombosis Due to Complicated Neoatherosclerosis

Arq Bras Cardiol. 2016 Jun;106(6):541-3. doi: 10.5935/abc.20160089.
[Article in English, Portuguese]

Abstract

We describe the treatment of a patient presenting with very-late stent thrombosis with the use of a drug-coated balloon. In this patient, optical coherence tomography disclosed that ruptured and complicated neoatherosclerosis was the underlying substrate responsible for the episode of very-late stent thrombosis. The potential use of drug-coated balloons in this unique scenario is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon*
  • Atherosclerosis / complications*
  • Coronary Restenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Restenosis / etiology
  • Coronary Restenosis / therapy*
  • Coronary Thrombosis / etiology
  • Coronary Thrombosis / therapy*
  • Drug-Eluting Stents / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged