The lack of endothelization after drug-eluting stent implantation as a cause of fatal late stent thrombosis

Abstrakt

The authors present a fatal case of late thrombosis of paclitaxel-eluting stent implanted in the left main stem occurring 6 months after the procedure and 3 weeks after the cessation of clopidogrel. An autopsy has shown the lack of endothelization of deployed stent.

Klíčová slova

• Acute myocardial infarction
• Coronary intervention
• Drug-eluting stent
• Dual antiplatelet treatment
• Late stent thrombosis
• Paclitaxel-eluting stent
• Percutaneous coronary interventions of left main stem