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Barlis, Peter; Sianos, Georgios; Ferrante, Giuseppe; Del Furia, Francesca; D'Souza, Savio; Di Mario, Carlo
International journal of cardiology, 07/2009, Letnik: 136, Številka: 1Journal Article
Abstract Drug-eluting stents (DES) have made a tremendous impact on the practice of percutaneous coronary intervention. Recently however, long-term DES failures have become a focal point, particularly with restenosis and thrombosis. An uncommon, yet important cause of DES failure is stent fracture. Of the two established first generation DES, the sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) has been particularly linked to cases of stent fracture, likely as a result of its closed cell design compared with other DES employing an open cell system. We present 2 cases of SES fracture confirmed using high-resolution intravascular optical coherence tomography giving unique insights into the in-vivo appearance of this complication.
