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A Murine Model of Stent Implantation in the Carotid Artery for the Study of Restenosis
Published on: May 14, 2013
Very late in-stent restenosis (five years) presenting as an ST elevation acute myocardial infarction
Olivier F Bertrand1, Josep Rodés-Cabau, Paul Poirier
1Quebec Heart-Lung Institute, Laval Hospital, 2725 chemin Ste-Foy, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 4G5, Canada. Olivier.Bertrand@crhl.ulaval.ca
Abstract:
Late in-stent restenosis is a rare event. The present report discusses the case of a patient who presented with an acute inferior myocardial infarction five years after stent implantation in the distal right coronary artery. Urgent angiography revealed an occluded right coronary artery in the middle portion of the stented segment. The patient underwent uneventful repeat stenting. Late in-stent restenosis may present as an intrastent plaque rupture with a clinical presentation similar to an atherosclerotic plaque rupture.
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