Suh Soon Yong, Kang Woong Chol, Ahn Taehoon
Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Heart Center, Gil Hospital, Gachon University, 1198 Kuwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon 405-760, Republic of Korea.
J Cardiol Cases. 2011 Dec 6;5(1):e8-e11. doi: 10.1016/j.jccase.2011.10.007. eCollection 2012 Feb.
We describe a case of a young patient with a recurrent episode of very late stent thrombosis (VLST) in whom the sirolimus-eluting stent was implanted on the culprit lesion in the left anterior descending artery. The present case showed when the etiology of VLST was not clear or in doubt of stent fracture, vigorous investigation for other causes using high resolution technology such as intravascular ultrasound or computed tomography angiography might be helpful for prevention of catastrophic events such as VLST.