Key result
A patient presented with unusual very early stent restenosis and unstable angina 15 days after percutaneous coronary intervention with a sirolimus-eluting drug-eluting stent.
Why the study?
Intracoronary in-stent restenosis has markedly decreased with drug-eluting stents, making very early stent restenosis an unusual occurrence.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare case of very early in-stent restenosis following sirolimus-eluting DES implantation, demonstrating the utility of OCT in evaluating its pathophysiology.
Intracoronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) is more common with bare metal stents. With the introduction of drug-eluting stents (DESs), the incidence of ISR has markedly decreased. Here, we report a case of unusual very early stent restenosis in a patient who presented with unstable angina 15 days after percutaneous coronary intervention with sirolimus-eluting DES. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was done to know the pathophysiology of the very early stent stenosis and the possibilities of the rare findings of this OCT are discussed.
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Kumar et al. (2019) conducted a case report in In-stent restenosis (n=1). Sirolimus-eluting drug-eluting stent was evaluated on Very early stent restenosis. A patient presented with unusual very early stent restenosis and unstable angina 15 days after percutaneous coronary intervention with a sirolimus-eluting drug-eluting stent.
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