Coronary Stent Infections: A Case of Pericardial Abscess and Stent Displacement After Repeated PTCA Procedures Which Required an Emergency Surgery
Journal Title: Journal of Surgery Research and Practice - Year 2023, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
We report the case of a 50-year-old male patient with hypertension, peripheral artery disease, history of smoking and drug abuse and a hypercoagulability state, who underwent several percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty procedures for ST-elevation myocardial infarction first and for stents thrombosis then, complicated with sepsis, epistenocardic pericarditis, left ventricle aneurism and coronary stent abscess which required an emergency surgical treatment.
Authors and Affiliations
Sofia Martin Suarez, Riccardo Nania, Carlo Mariani, Marta Di Carlo, Vincenzo Pagano, Giulio Cavalli, Francesco Campanini, Sabrina Castagnini, Davide Pacini
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- EP ID EP724620
- DOI https://doi.org/10.46889/JSRP.2023.4311
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