Resolution of late sirolimus-eluting stent thrombosis after tirofiban treatment

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• 作者：Ozlem Karakurt ; Goksel Cagirci ; Harun Kilic and Ramazan Akdemir
• 关键词：Very late stent thrombosis ; Sirolimus ; eluting stent ; Tirofiban
• 刊名：Heart and Vessels
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：September, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：24
• 期：5
• 页码：388-390
• 全文大小：320.3 KB

文摘

A 40-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with acute chest pain. A sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) had been deployed to the circumflex artery (Cx) 3 years before. Now, inferior ST-segment elevations were observed and coronary angiography revealed stent thrombosis with distal TIMI 3 grade flow in the Cx. Tirofiban infusion was administered and the control angiography 2 days later revealed complete resolution of the thrombus. Stent thrombosis is a rare but usually poor prognostic event, frequently associated with large myocardial infarction (MI) or death. Very late drug-eluting stent (DES) thrombosis remains a major problem of interventional cardiology due to its high morbidity and mortality. We conclude that tirofiban may be an interesting candidate drug for treatment of very late stent thrombosis.