| Title | Resolution of late sirolimus-eluting stent thrombosis after tirofiban treatment. | | Author(s) | Karakurt O, Cagirci G, Kilic H, Akdemir R | | Institution | Department of Cardiology, Ministry of Health, Dişkapi Yildirim Beyazit Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ozlemkarakurt55@yahoo.com. | | Source | Heart Vessels 2009 Sep; 24(5):388-90. | | Abstract | A 40-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with acute chest pain. A sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) had been deployed to the circumflex artery (Cx) 3 years before. Now, inferior ST-segment elevations were observed and coronary angiography revealed stent thrombosis with distal TIMI 3 grade flow in the Cx. Tirofiban infusion was administered and the control angiography 2 days later revealed complete resolution of the thrombus. Stent thrombosis is a rare but usually poor prognostic event, frequently associated with large myocardial infarction (MI) or death. Very late drug-eluting stent (DES) thrombosis remains a major problem of interventional cardiology due to its high morbidity and mortality. We conclude that tirofiban may be an interesting candidate drug for treatment of very late stent thrombosis. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19784825 |
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