Latchumanadhas K, Venkatesan K Gokulakrishna, Juneja Sm, Mullasari S Ajit
Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai.
Indian Heart J. 2006 Jan-Feb;58(1):57-60.
Coronary aneurysm may occur after implantation of a paclitaxel-eluting stent. However, early coronary aneurysms arevery rare. We report an early coronary aneurysm at one month in a middle-aged man who had anterior descendingartery infarct angioplasty done with two overlapped Taxus Liberte stents. Our finding was a fortuitous one. The casedescribed here illustrates the need for a higher index of suspicion for a coronary aneurysm when overlapping drug-eluting stents are used, especially in an infarct angioplasty.