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Aneurysm formation after drug‐eluting balloon treatment of drug‐eluting in‐stent restenosis: First case report
Author(s) -
Vassilev Dobrin,
Hazan Maxim,
Dean Larry
Publication year - 2012
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.23460
Subject(s) - medicine , restenosis , drug eluting stent , aneurysm , balloon , circumflex , stent , coronary artery aneurysm , radiology , angioplasty , angiography , paclitaxel , cardiology , unstable angina , surgery , artery , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction , chemotherapy
A 55‐year‐old male underwent paclitaxel‐eluting stent implantation in a bifurcation lesion of his left anterior descending artery (LAD) during an episode of unstable angina in 2008. A late in‐stent restenosis developed 15 months after implantation of the drug‐eluting stent (DES) and was treated with paclitaxel eluting balloon. Two months later, during angiography for functional assessment of the significance of lesions in the circumflex artery, an aneurysm at the place of drug‐eluting balloon (DEB) inflation was observed. The patient was left on double antiplatelet therapy and scheduled for clinical observation after 3 months and control coronary angiography after 6 months for aneurysm progression follow‐up. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.