Stent thrombosis four and a half years after implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 423-425

  Korovesis, Socrates ^a   Katritsis, Demosthenes G ^a  

^a Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Sirolimus; Stents; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; STENT THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY OCCLUSION; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SIROLIMUS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 70349656659     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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