Case Report
Repeat late instent-stenosis after an interval of four years in the same lesion after bare-metal and drug-eluting stent: a case report
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* Corresponding author: Frank Towae frank@towae.com
Department of Cardiology Herzzentrum Ludwigshafen, Medizinische Klinik B, 67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany
Cases Journal 2009, 2:9407 doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-9407
Published: 31 December 2009Abstract
In 2001, a 71-year old male was admitted to our hospital with unstable angina. The angiography revealed 2-vessel disease with a 90% stenosis of the proximal LAD. A bare-metal stent was implanted. Four years later the angiography showed a 80% instent-stenosis in the bare-metal stent but no progress at the other coronary arteries. A DES was implanted. Again, four years later, the patient presented with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Angiography showed a 90% instent-restenosis, again without any progession of coronary artery disease in the other vessels. Again a DES implanted. Therefore the processes involved in the late instent-stenosis were not influenced by the antiproliferative agent sirolimus