Bioresorbable vascular scaffold for very late stent thrombosis resulting from ruptured neoatherosclerosis

Very late stent thrombosis is a rare but devastating complication after percutaneous coronary revascularization. Pathological studies have demonstrated that neoatherosclerosis plays a major role in certain patients with very late stent thrombosis. Optical coherence tomography is able to unravel the underlying pathophysiology and may be used to select the best treatment option. This case report describes the use of a bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) in a patient suffering from very late stent thrombosis due to a complicated plaque in the setting of intrastent neoatherosclerosis. To our knowledge, this therapeutic strategy has not been previously reported in patients suffering from very late stent thrombosis. In this scenario, BVS implantation might represent an attractive strategy in selected patients.