Late Structural Discontinuity as a Possible Cause of Very Late Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Scaffold Thrombosis

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Aug 24;8(10):e171-e172. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.03.035.

Authors

Alfonso Ielasi¹, Bernardo Cortese², Giuseppe Steffenino³

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Division, Bolognini Hospital, Seriate (BG), Italy. Electronic address: alielasi@hotmail.com.
² Catheterization Laboratory, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Milan, Italy.
³ Interventional Cardiology Unit, S. Croce and Carle Hospital, Cuneo, Italy.

PMID: 26315753
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.03.035

No abstract available

Keywords: bioresorbable vascular scaffold; percutaneous coronary angioplasty; thrombosis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Absorbable Implants*
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects*
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation*
Cardiac Catheters*
Cardiovascular Agents / administration & dosage*
Coated Materials, Biocompatible*
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Thrombosis / complications
Coronary Thrombosis / diagnosis
Coronary Thrombosis / therapy*
Equipment Design
Everolimus / administration & dosage*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction / etiology
Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Recurrence
Time Factors
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Cardiovascular Agents
Coated Materials, Biocompatible
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Everolimus