Very late sirolimus-eluting stent displaced fracture in the mid-left anterior descending artery.

Authors

Nasir Rahman, Aga Khan University
Sajid Dhakam, Aga Khan Unversity
Khawar Abbass Kazmi, Aga Khan Unversity

Document Type

Article

Department

Cardiology

Abstract

Coronary stent fractures are very rare. The predisposing factors for stent fractures are excessive postdilatation, overlapping stents and a hinge site in a tortuous coronary artery. We report a case of very late (after 699 days), displaced, sirolimus-eluting stent fracture deployed at nominal pressures without postdilatation and at a non-hinge portion of the left anterior descending artery.

Publication (Name of Journal)

The Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Recommended Citation

Rahman, N., Dhakam, S., Kazmi, K. (2008). Very late sirolimus-eluting stent displaced fracture in the mid-left anterior descending artery.. The Journal of Invasive Cardiology, 20(6), E195-6.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_med_cardiol/39