Early bare-metal stent thrombosis presenting with cardiogenic shock: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Although stents have improved the safety and efficacy of percutaneous coronary interventions, coronary stent thrombosis remains a serious complication. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 64-year-old Caucasian man from Greece, with symptoms and electrocardiographic findings sug...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lampropoulos, Konstantinos M, Iliopoulos, Themistoklis A, Budts, Werner
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3201931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21982429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-509
Descripción
Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Although stents have improved the safety and efficacy of percutaneous coronary interventions, coronary stent thrombosis remains a serious complication. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 64-year-old Caucasian man from Greece, with symptoms and electrocardiographic findings suggestive of acute inferior myocardial infarction, who complained of chest pain and rapidly developed cardiogenic shock 48 hours after primary percutaneous coronary intervention. CONCLUSION: The most common cause of early bare-metal stent thrombosis is stent malapposition. Intravascular ultrasound is the preferred method to recognize predictors of coronary events that are not detected by angiography.

Ejemplares similares