Successful treatment of in-stent restenosis of a covered stent graft with a paclitaxel-eluting stent

Khalid Bin Thani; William E Bennett; Amir Ravandi; Sotirios Tsimikas

doi:10.1016/j.jccase.2011.03.008

Successful treatment of in-stent restenosis of a covered stent graft with a paclitaxel-eluting stent

J Cardiol Cases. 2011 May 4;4(1):e13-e15. doi: 10.1016/j.jccase.2011.03.008. eCollection 2011 Aug.

Authors

Khalid Bin Thani¹, William E Bennett¹, Amir Ravandi¹, Sotirios Tsimikas¹

Affiliation

¹ Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Catheterization Lab, UCSD Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA, USA.

Abstract

We present the case of a 58-year-old male with coronary artery disease and a significant stenosis of the left circumflex artery that was preceded by a coronary aneurysm. The stenosis and aneurysm were treated successfully with a coronary stent graft. The patient subsequently developed in-stent restenosis (ISR). The ISR was then successfully treated with a paclitaxel-eluting stent (PES). The patient has been followed clinically for 4-6 years without recurrence of his anginal symptoms. This is the first description in the literature of which we are aware of the successful treatment of an ISR of a coronary stent graft with a PES with persistent long-term clinical effectiveness.

Keywords: Coronary aneurysm; Drug-eluting stent.

Publication types

Case Reports