Delayed severe multivessel spasm and aborted sudden death after Taxus stent implantation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Sudden cardiac arrest associated with major spasm of three coronary arteries was observed about 10 hours after Taxus stent insertion in a three vessel lesion and was successfully treated by intracoronary glyceryl trinitrate infusion. This case illustrates a potential risk associated with drug eluting stent and alerts clinicians to the life threatening risk of spasm when stenting multiple vessels with drug eluting stent (especially the Taxus stent).
Medical subject headings
- Coronary Vasospasm
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac
- Nitroglycerin
- Paclitaxel
- Vasodilator Agents