Key result
Stent thrombosis remains a rare but life-threatening PCI complication requiring optimized techniques and medical therapy.
Why the study?
Although PCI techniques, stent technologies, and medical therapy have reduced stent thrombosis, a considerable number of patients undergoing PCI with stent implantation still suffer from this life-threatening complication.
Stent thrombosis remains a critical safety concern in percutaneous coronary intervention, emphasizing the importance of prevention through optimized techniques and medical therapy.
Stent thrombosis (ST) is rare but represents the most dramatic mechanism of coronary stent failure1. In view of the strong association with myocardial infarction (MI) and cardiac death, ST is the primary safety concern of coronary percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with stent implantation and represents the key endpoint for the evaluation of the safety profile of coronary stents2. Evolution of PCI techniques, iterations of stent technologies, and optimisation of medical therapy have markedly reduced the risk of ST1,3. However, a considerable number of patients undergoing PCI with stent implantation still suffer from this life-threatening complication. The pathophysiology ...
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Stefanini et al. (2020) conducted an editorial in Stent thrombosis. Stent thrombosis remains a rare but life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention, emphasizing the need for prevention through optimized techniques and medical therapy.
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