Zotarolimus-eluting stent fracture at initial implantation diagnosed with StentBoost

Stent fracture is a rare complication of drug-eluting stent implantation with a reported rate of 0.84%–3.2% in various clinical studies with first-generation drug-eluting stents and 29% in autopsy studies. Sirolimus-eluting stents with their closed cell design were reported to be more prone to fract...

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Main Authors: Alev Arat Ozkan, Umit Yasar Sinan, Aziz T Gurmen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-05-01
Series:SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X16645754