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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lai CH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5290029 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yonsei medical journal 20170301 2
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with metal stent placement has become a well-developed treatment modality for coronary stenotic lesions. Although infection involving implanted stents is rare, it can, however, occur with high morbidity and mortality. We describe herein a case of an inserted coronary stent that was infected and complicated with recurrent stent thrombosis, pseudoaneurysm formation and severe sepsis. Despite repeated intervention and bypass surgery, the patient died f ...[more]