Dissection flap protruding through stent struts

Jpn Circ J. 2001 Jan;65(1):50-1. doi: 10.1253/jcj.65.50.

Abstract

A 64-year-old male with unstable angina underwent direct stenting in the proximal and mid-left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) lesions. Although coronary angiography showed a good result, intravascular ultrasound imaging revealed a dissection flap protruding through the struts of the stent in the proximal LAD. Another stent was deployed in the first stent (stent-in-stent) to seal it. The patient's in-hospital course was uneventful. Subacute stent thrombosis was not observed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angina, Unstable / complications
  • Angina, Unstable / surgery*
  • Angina, Unstable / therapy
  • Angiography
  • Constriction, Pathologic / etiology
  • Constriction, Pathologic / surgery
  • Coronary Vessels / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stents / adverse effects*
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional