March 19, 2012Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
Acute coronary syndrome due to early multiple and complete fractures in sirolimus‐eluting stent: A case report and brief literature review
Population
69-year-old man with early and complex drug-eluting stent (DES) fractures on the right coronary artery
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
36 hours
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Hypothesis-generating for early stent fracture causing post-PCI ACS; larger studies needed to assess incidence.
Structured PICO
P
Population
69-year-old man with early and complex drug-eluting stent (DES) fractures on the right coronary artery
I
Intervention
Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation (percutaneous coronary intervention)
O
Outcome
Acute coronary syndrome due to stent fracturesafety
Highlights the rare but severe complication of early stent fracture leading to acute coronary syndrome shortly after drug-eluting stent implantation.
Cite This Study
Amico et al. (2012) studied this question.