Simultaneous subacute thrombosis of bare metal coronary stents in two different arteries early after clopidogrel cessation | Zendy

Uğur Canpolat | Zendy; Hikmet Yorgun | Zendy; Enver Atalar | Zendy

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Simultaneous subacute thrombosis of bare metal coronary stents in two different arteries early after clopidogrel cessation

Author(s) -

Uğur Canpolat,

Hikmet Yorgun,

Enver Atalar

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

cardiology journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573

H-Index - 33

eISSN - 1897-5593

pISSN - 1898-018X

DOI - 10.5603/cj.2012.0054

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , clopidogrel , thrombosis , myocardial infarction , coronary arteries , coronary thrombosis , bare metal , bare metal stent , stent , artery , drug eluting stent , percutaneous coronary intervention , restenosis

Coronary stent thrombosis is a rare event leading to ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and death. Although early thrombosis of drug-eluting and bare metal stents is relatively frequent, simultaneous thrombosis of bare metal coronary stents has rarely been reported. Here, we present a case of simultaneous subacute thrombosis of two bare metal stents in different coronary arteries early after clopidogrel cessation.

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