den Heijer P, van Dijk RB, Twisk SP, Lie KI. Early stent occlusion is not always caused by thrombosis.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS 1993;
29:136-40. [PMID:
8348599 DOI:
10.1002/ccd.1810290210]
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Abstract
Early occlusion of intracoronary stents has been exclusively attributed to thrombosis. Using intracoronary angioscopy, we have found 2 patients in whom this common and serious complication of coronary stenting was caused by obstructive intima dissection rather than thrombosis.
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