Late stent thrombosis after implantation of a sirolimus‐eluting stent

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Abstract
Late stent thrombosis in the era of routine high‐pressure stent deployment and combined antiplatelet therapy with thienopyridines and aspirin has become a rare but feared complication. We describe a patient with acute myocardial infarction due to late stent thrombosis 6 weeks after deployment of a sirolimus‐eluting stent and 2 weeks after the discontinuation of clopidogrel. This is the first report of late thrombosis of a sirolimus‐eluting stent. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2003;60:505–508.