A case of a newly developed yellow neointima at stent implanted site 1 year after sirolimus-eluting stent placement. Angioscopic findings

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-157

  Kawakami, Hideo ^a   Matsuoka, Hiroshi ^a   Oshita, Akira ^a   Kono, Tamami ^a   Shigemi, Susumu ^a  

^a Ehime Prefectural Imabari Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angioscopy; Inflammation; Neointimal formation; Sirolimus eluting stent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; RAPAMYCIN; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; COLOR; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTIMA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; STENT THROMBOSIS; THROMBOGENESIS;

AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOINTIMA; SIROLIMUS;

EID: 67650710716     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Morice M.C., Serruys P.W., Sousa J.E., Fajadet J., Hayashi E.B., Perin M., Colombo A., Schuler G., Barragan P., Guagliumi G., Molnàr F., Falotico R., and RAVEL Study Group. A randomized comparison of a sirolimus-eluting stent with a standard stent for coronary revascularization. N Engl J Med 346 (2002) 1773-1780
2. Moses J.W., Leon M.B., Popma J.J., Fitzgerald P.J., Holmes D.R., O'Shaughnessy C., Caputo R.P., Kereiakes D.J., Williams D.O., Teirstein P.S., Jaeger J.L., Kuntz R.E., and SIRIUS Investigators. Sirolimus-eluting stents versus standard stents in patients with stenosis in a native coronary artery. N Engl J Med 349 (2003) 1315-1323
3. Fujimoto H., Tao S., Dohia T., Itoa S., Masuda J., Haruo M., Fujimoto Y., Maehara A., Yamaguchi T., Ishiwata S., and Ohno M. Primary and mid-term outcome of sirolimus-eluting stent implantation with angiographic guidance alone. J Cardiol 51 (2008) 18-24
4. Inoue K., Mitsudo K., and Nobuyoshi M. Medial necrosis due to sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in human coronary artery. J Cardiol 51 (2008) 60-64
5. Virmani R., Guagliumi G., Farb A., Musumeci G., Grieco N., Motta T., Mihalcsik L., Tespili M., Valsecchi O., and Kolodgie F.D. Localized hypersensitivity and late coronary thrombosis secondary to a sirolimus-eluting stent: should we be cautious?. Circulation 109 (2004) 701-705
6. Ueda Y., Asakura M., Hirayama A., Komamura K., Hori M., and Kodama K. Intracoronary morphology of culprit lesions after reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction: serial angioscopic observations. J Am Coll Cardiol 27 (1996) 606-610
7. Sakai S., Mizuno K., Yokoyama S., Tanabe J., Shinada T., Seimiya K., Takano M., Ohba T., Tomimura M., Uemura R., and Imaizumi T. Morphologic changes in infarct-related plaque after coronary stent placement: a serial angioscopy study. J Am Coll Cardiol 42 (2003) 1558-1565
8. Nebeker J.R., Virmani R., Bennett C.L., Hoffman J.M., Samore M.H., Alvarez J., Davidson C.J., McKoy J.M., Raisch D.W., Whisenant B.K., Yarnold P.R., Belknap S.M., West D.P., Gage J.E., Morse R., et al. Hypersensitivity cases associated with drug-eluting coronary stents: a review of available cases from the Research on Adverse Drug Events and Reports (RADAR) project. J Am Coll Cardiol 47 (2006) 175-181
9. Finn A.V., Nakazawa G., Joner M., Kolodgie F.D., Mont E.K., Gold H.K., and Virmani R. Vascular responses to drug eluting stents: importance of delayed healing. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 27 (2007) 1500-1510
10. Degertekin M., Serruys P.W., Foley D.P., Tanabe K., Regar E., Vos J., Smits P.C., van der Giessen W.J., van den Brand M., de Feyter P., and Popma J.J. Persistent inhibition of neointimal hyperplasia after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation; long-term (up to 2 years) clinical, angiographic, and intravascular ultrasound follow-up. Circulation 106 (2002) 1610-1613
11. Sousa J.E., Costa M.A., Abizaid A., Abizaid A.S., Feres F., Pinto I.M.F., Seixas A.C., Staico R., Mattos L.A., Sousa A.G., Falotico R., Jaeger J., Popma J.J., and Serruys P.W. Lack of neointimal proliferation after implantation of sirolimus-coated stents in human coronary arteries: a quantitative coronary angiography and three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound study. Circulation 103 (2001) 192-195
12. Aoki J., Abizaid A.C., Serruys P.W., Ong A.T., Boersma E., Sousa J.E., and Buining N. Evaluation of four-year coronary artery response after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation using serial quantitative intravascular ultrasound and computer-assisted grayscale value analysis for plaque composition in event-free patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 46 (2005) 1670-1676
13. Takano M., Jang I.K., and Mizuno K. Neointimal proliferation around malapposed struts of a sirolimus-eluting stent: optical coherence tomography findings. Eur Heart J 27 (2006) 1763
14. Uchida Y. Clinical classification of coronary thrombus. In: Uchida Y. (Ed). Coronary angioscopy; A textbook of coronary heart disease (2001), Futura Publishing Company Inc., New York 83-91
15. Joner M., Finn A.V., Farb A., Mont E.K., Kolodgie F.D., Ladich E., Kutys R., Skorija K., Gold H.K., and Virmani R. Pathology of drug-eluting stents in humans delayed healing and late thrombotic risk. J Am Coll Cardiol 48 (2006) 193-202