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“Candy wrapper” effect after drug‐eluting stent implantation: Déjà vu or stumbling over the same stone again?
Author(s) -
Angiolillo Dominick J.,
Sabatá Manel,
Alfonso Fernando,
Macaya Carlos
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.10765
Subject(s) - medicine , restenosis , conventional pci , drug eluting stent , drug , stent , brachytherapy , cardiology , pharmacology , myocardial infarction , radiation therapy
Encouraging results have been obtained with drug‐eluting stents (DESs) to prevent restenosis following PCI. However, DESs are not immune from restenosis and we describe a case of “candy wrapper” effect, commonly observed with intracoronary brachytherapy (IBT). In this article, we review the common drawbacks of DES and IBT and their prevention. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2004;61:387–391. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.