Open AccessVery late bare metal stent thrombosis with concomitant patent drug eluting stent in the same vessel: a case for a suggestive hypothesis
Author(s) -
Gaetano Tanzilli,
Alessio Arrivi,
Martina Sordi,
Herribert Pavaci,
Attilio Placanica,
E Madon
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.06.2009.2014
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , concomitant , interventional cardiology , thrombosis , bare metal stent , drug eluting stent , bare metal , cardiology , drug , radiology , restenosis , pharmacology
We report a case of very late stent thrombosis of a bare metal stent with a concurrent drug eluting stent's patency in the same coronary vessel, in a patient undergoing primary angioplasty who discontinued his clopidogrel regimen a few weeks after successful deployment of the stents.