Mechanism of Drug-Eluting Stent Thrombosis Diagnosed by Histopathological Evaluation of Directional Coronary Atherectomy Specimen

An 89-year-old man with a history of percutaneous coronary intervention using a sirolimus-eluting stent presented with recurrent in-stent occlusion. Pathological assessment of the neointima resected via directional coronary atherectomy revealed a double-layered thrombus. Clopidogrel resistance and l...

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Main Authors: Kazuki Ito, MD, Shinya Fujita, MD, Atsushi Sakamoto, MD, PhD, Hayato Ohtani, MD, PhD, Masahiro Muto, MD, Yuichiro Maekawa, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266608492300459X