Echocardiographic imaging of coronary artery abscess following stent implantation

Abstract

Reports of infectious complications following coronary angioplasty with stent implantation are scarce, and include purulent pericarditis, endocarditis and coronary artery abscess formation, which often carry a fatal outcome. Appropriate therapeutic measures should be taken as early as possible.

The present report demonstrates that echocardiography can sucessfully image a coronary artery abscess developing after stent implantation.

Keywords

• Echocardiographic
• imaging
• coronary
• artery
• abscess
• following
• stent
• implantation