Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect
Very late bare metal stent thrombosis with concomitant patent drug eluting stent in the same vessel: a case for a suggestive hypothesis
1 Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 155, Roma, 00161, Italy
2 Policlinico Umberto I, heart and great vessels "Attilio Reale", Viale del Policlinico 155, Rome, 00161, Italy
Correspondence to:
Gaetano Tanzilli, gaetano.tanzilli{at}uniroma1.it
We report a case of very late stent thrombosis of a bare metal stent with a concurrent drug eluting stents patency in the same coronary vessel, in a patient undergoing primary angioplasty who discontinued his clopidogrel regimen a few weeks after successful deployment of the stents.
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