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Stent fracture: An unusual cause of late restenosis after sirolimus‐eluting stent placement
Author(s) -
Mehrle Anderson,
Skelton Thomas,
Almonacid Alexandra
Publication year - 2006
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.21027
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , restenosis , sirolimus , surgery , radiology
Stent fracture is uncommon but may have consequences including restenosis. To date, stent fractures reported have been related to aggressive post dilation. We describe a case that involves fracture of a stent deployed to nominal pressure. Unlike most stent fractures reported that involve stent struts only our case demonstrated circumferential disruption with complete separation of the stent segments. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.