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SUBMITTER: Ando H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6281823 | biostudies-other | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ando Hirohiko H Takashima Hiroaki H Uetani Tadayuki T Murohara Toyoaki T Amano Tetsuya T
Journal of cardiology cases 20140124 4
Both peri-stent contrast staining (PSS) and late restenosis are abnormal findings after drug-eluting stent implantation and they occur with low incidence. We describe a case with two PSSs and one late restenosis after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation. Persistent high value of C-reactive protein in this patient suggested chronic systematic inflammation as a contributing factor of these abnormal findings. <<b>Learning objective</b>: The advent of drug-eluting stents has dramatically reduced in ...[more]