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Late coronary BVS malapposition and aneurysm: A Time for Appraisal
Author(s) -
Cortese Bernardo,
Silva Orrego Pedro,
Virmani Renu
Publication year - 2015
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.25766
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , complication , stent , aneurysm , thrombosis , surgery
Late strut malapposition of currently available stents is a major issue, associated with an increased risk of stent thrombosis. To this day, biovascular scaffolds showed an increased immediate risk of struts malapposition, that however resulted reduced after a few months. Little is known about late acquired struts malapposition of biovascular scaffolds. We here describe two cases that recently occurred in our patients, and we speculate on possible mechanisms for this unexpected and potentially lethal complication. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.