Extremely Late Catch-Up Phenomenon After First-Generation Sirolimus-Eluting Stent in the Left Main Stem: Insights From Optical Coherence Tomography

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec 21;8(14):e237-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.06.031.

Authors

Toru Naganuma¹, Yusuke Fujino², Satoko Tahara², Satoru Mitomo², Sandeep Basavarajaiah³, Sunao Nakamura²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, New Tokyo Hospital, Chiba, Japan. Electronic address: torunaganuma@gmail.com.
² Department of Cardiology, New Tokyo Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiology, Heart of England NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

PMID: 26718525
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.06.031

No abstract available

Keywords: late catch-up; left main stem; optical coherence tomography; sirolimus-eluting stent(s).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome / surgery
Aged
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects*
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Restenosis / diagnosis*
Coronary Restenosis / etiology
Delayed Diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential
Drug-Eluting Stents / adverse effects*
Graft Occlusion, Vascular / complications
Graft Occlusion, Vascular / diagnosis*
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / pharmacology
Male
Postoperative Complications
Sirolimus / pharmacology*
Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*
Ultrasonography, Interventional

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents
Sirolimus