TY - JOUR
T1 - Spontaneous resolution of coronary artery pseudoaneurysm
T2 - Consequent to percutaneous intervention with paclitaxel-eluting stent
AU - Chen, David
AU - Chang, Richard
AU - Ho, Andrew T.
AU - Frivold, Geir
AU - Foster, Gary
N1 - The newer drug-eluting coronary stents (DESs) incorporate on their surface an antineoplastic agent within a timed-release polymer. These stents are shown to inhibit or prevent neointimal hyperplasia after placement, thereby reducing restenosis rates to less than 10% across a wide spectrum of clinical and angiographic subsets.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Pseudoaneurysm formation is a rarely reported phenomenon after percutaneous coronary intervention. The natural course and clinical complications of coronary pseudoaneurysms are not well described, and the possible contribution of drug-eluting stents to the formation of coronary artery pseudoaneurysms is ill defined. Herein, we describe the case of a patient who experienced pseudoaneurysm formation 1 month after deployment of a paclitaxel-eluting stent. Healing was delayed, and there was resolution after 2 years of follow-up.
AB - Pseudoaneurysm formation is a rarely reported phenomenon after percutaneous coronary intervention. The natural course and clinical complications of coronary pseudoaneurysms are not well described, and the possible contribution of drug-eluting stents to the formation of coronary artery pseudoaneurysms is ill defined. Herein, we describe the case of a patient who experienced pseudoaneurysm formation 1 month after deployment of a paclitaxel-eluting stent. Healing was delayed, and there was resolution after 2 years of follow-up.
KW - Aneurysm, false/complications/diagnosis/etiology/ultrasonography
KW - Angioplasty, transluminal, percutaneous coronary
KW - Blood vessel prosthesis implantation/adverse effects
KW - Coronary aneurysm/diagnosis/etiology/pathology/ therapy
KW - Coronary vessels/pathology
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M3 - Article
C2 - 18612455
SN - 0730-2347
VL - 35
SP - 189
EP - 191
JO - Texas Heart Institute Journal
JF - Texas Heart Institute Journal
IS - 2
ER -