Mycotic aneurysm of left anterior descending artery after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation: A case report

✍ Scribed by Harminder Singh; Charanjit Singh; N. Aggarwal; J.S. Dugal; A. Kumar; M. Luthra

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 185 KB
• Volume: 65
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-1946
• DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20338

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We report a case of mycotic aneurysms due to Staphylococcus aureus infection in the left anterior descending coronary artery in a 56‐year‐old male after implantation of a sirolimus‐eluting stent. This is an unreported complication of a drug‐eluting stent. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.