Recurrent myocardial infarction after very late

Abstract

(Received 29 Sep, 2008 ; Accepted 14 Feb, 2009)AbstractStent thrombosis as a complication of percutaneous coronary intervention frequently is associated with deadly events such as myocardial infarction and sudden death.Definitions of stent thrombosis have not been in a uniform manner in different clinical studies.Two episodes of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction nearly two years after implanting a drug – eluting stent in a 58-year-old male patient is reported here .The presence of stent thrombosis was confirmed by coronary angiography.

Keywords

• Recurrent myocardial
• thrombosis
• stent