Aneurisma coronário após implante de stent com eluição de fármaco

Abstract

Drug-eluting stents to counter the disadvantage of stainless steel stents have been associated to late thrombosis on withdrawal of antiplatelet agents. We report a case with another complication: the development of a coronary aneurysm in the stent area, more than three years after index procedure. Late chronic local inflammatory responses may be responsible for the weakening, erosion, and aneusrysm formation. 127PAULISTA, PP ET AL -Coronary aneurysm after drug-eluting stent implantation Bras Cir Cardiovasc 2008; 23(1): 126-128 Rev