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
- 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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