Long-Term Outcome of Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation for Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis in Infancy
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Shinji Kaichi • Hiraku Doi • Fumitoshi Tsurumi • Toshio Heike
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Drug-eluting stents (DES) have markedly reduced the incidence of coronary in-stent restenosis. However, DES may be still vulnerable to coronary thrombus, and the long-term outcome remains unknown, especially in infancy. Here, we present a 9-month-old infant, who developed severe stenosis of the left main coronary artery after surgery for Brand-White-Garland syndrome, and was successfully treated with DES. He was healthy and his cardiac function had improved to the normal level at 6 years old. An angiographic examination and computed tomography showed the complete persistence of DES and no evidence of intimal thickening.
Pediatr Cardiol (2011) 32:94–97 DOI 10.1007/s00246-010-9815-5 Received: 3 August 2010 / Accepted: 19 September 2010 / Published online: 24 October 2010
