INTRODUCTION A bare-metal stent fracture as a cause of acute coronary thrombosis and consequently of acute coronary syndrome is a rare clinical event that, to the best of our knowledge, has previously not been reported. A stent fracture is a rare complication arising from percutaneous coronary intervention. CASE PRESENTATION We present, to the best of our knowledge, the first documented case ...

Coronary stent fracture is an uncommon complication of stent implantation. We report a case of 66 yrs old male patient presented with unstable angina who underwent stenting in right coronary artery 3 months ago. Computed Tomography Coronary angiogram revealed complete type V stent fracture with pseudoaneurysm formation in right coronary artery. This was managed by surgical revascularization by ...

Stent migration from the delivery balloon catheter is a rare but serious complication during percutaneous coronary intervention, particularly when a part of the stent stretches into the aorta. We report an unusual case of stent migration treated with a combination of a gooseneck snare and rotablation. A part of the stent was overstretched and unrolled into the aorta and the rest of the stent re...

OBJECTIVE To assess long term results of coronary stent implantation in patients with symptomatic myocardial bridging. METHODS Intracoronary stent implantation was performed within the intramural course of the left anterior descending coronary artery in 11 patients with objective signs of myocardial ischaemia and absence of other cardiac disorders. All had myocardial bridging of the central p...

Cardiovascular events are the most common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Coronary artery diseases, including myocardial infarctions, prevalent among all populations. There multiple management strategies for coronary but stent implantation is effective interventions. Nevertheless, some patients develop restenosis intervened vessel, number constitutes about 10%-20% patients. In-stent...

BACKGROUND The results of stent implantation for small coronary disease have been inconclusive. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the factors in predicting the risk of angiographic restenosis after 2.5-mm stent implantation for small coronary arteries. METHODS AND RESULTS The study group comprised 134 consecutive patients who had a reference small coronary artery with diameter ...

A 73-year-old male patient suffered from very late stent thrombosis occurred 6 years after sirolimuseluting stent (SES) implantation in the ostial and proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). He presented emergently with cardiogenic shock and emergent coronary angiography showed thombus in the ostial stent and in the ostial left circumflex artery. Optical coherence tomography fo...

AIMS Stent underexpansion and malapposition are associated with adverse outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention, but detection and treatment can be challenging in the presence of extensive coronary artery calcification. Frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) is a novel intravascular imaging technique with greater spatial resolution than intravascular ultrasound (IV...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of death in the developed world. CAD occurs due to the build up of plaque in the coronary arteries which supply fresh blood to the constantly active heart muscle. Several methods exist to alleviate CAD such as coronary artery bypass grafting, balloon angioplasty and coronary stenting. A coronary stent is a small tubular prosthesis which...

We presented a case of left anterior descending coronary artery aneurysm that was developed after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent implantation. The aneurysm was plicated after removal of the stent device, and the left descending coronary artery was bypassed with the left internal thoracic artery. Few have reported surgical treatments for the coronary aneurysm including PCI s...