Cor Vasa 2009, 51(3):214-215 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2009.049

Very late thrombosis of a drug-coated stent. The contribution of optical coherence tomography to evaluation of epithelization

Radim Špaček*, Pavel Červinka, Martin Kvašňák, Marian Bystroń
Kardiologická klinika, Masarykova nemocnice a Univerzita J. E. Purkyně, Ústí nad Labem, Česká republika

The authors present the case of a 74-year-old man with recurrent ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction in the presence of very late drug-coated stent thrombosis. The paper documents the limitations while highlighting the benefits of a novel imaging technique called optical coherence tomography.

Keywords: STEMI; Thrombosis; Drug-coated stent; Angiography; Optical coherence tomography

Published: March 1, 2009  Show citation

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Špaček R, Červinka P, Kvašňák M, Bystroń M. Very late thrombosis of a drug-coated stent. The contribution of optical coherence tomography to evaluation of epithelization. Cor Vasa. 2009;51(3):214-215. doi: 10.33678/cor.2009.049.
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