Suppurative pancarditis: a lethal complication of coronary stent implantation
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- 1 May 1999
- Vol. 81 (5) , 559
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.81.5.559
Abstract
We diagnosed angiographically a greater than 90% stenosis of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in a 54 year old man. The LAD stenosis was dilatated because the patient had Canadian Cardiovascular Society class III angina pectoris; a 15 mm Micro-stent (AVE Inc, Santa Rosa, California, USA) was implanted because of insufficient dilatation. A dissection distal to the stent was treated successfully with a second Micro-stent. Four days after uncomplicated stent implantation the patient …Keywords
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