Fatal infection of coronary stent implantation.

作者信息

Leroy O, Martin E, Prat A, Decoulx E, Georges H, Guilley J, Beuscart C, Beaucaire G

机构信息

Intensive Care and Infectious Diseases Unit, Lille University Medical School, Tourcoing, France.

出版信息

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1996 Oct;39(2):168-70; discussion 171. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199610)39:2<168::AID-CCD12>3.0.CO;2-D.

Among systemic infections occurring after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary stent implantation, septic cardiac complications are rare. We report a new case of infective aneurysm of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) following stent implantation. Infective mitral endocarditis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa occurring a few weeks after stenting led to search for stent infection. Coronary angiography revealed a saccular aneurysm of the LAD. Despite surgical repair, a fatal outcome resulted.