A Patient with Repeated Catastrophic Multi-Vessel Coronary Spasm after Zotarolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation

Drug-eluting stents (DES) have gained great popularity because of extraordinarily low rates of restenosis. Despite these superior clinical outcomes, several cases regarding the severe multi-vessel coronary spasm, although rare, after the placement of first generation DES have been reported. We repor...

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Main Authors: Rhew, Shi Hyun, Ahn, Youngkeun, Cho, Eun Ae, Kim, Min Sok, Jang, Su Young, Lee, Ki Hong, Lee, Min Goo, Park, Keun Ho, Sim, Doo Sun, Hong, Young Joon, Kim, Ju Han, Jeong, Myung Ho
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Cardiology 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3569567/
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Summary:Drug-eluting stents (DES) have gained great popularity because of extraordinarily low rates of restenosis. Despite these superior clinical outcomes, several cases regarding the severe multi-vessel coronary spasm, although rare, after the placement of first generation DES have been reported. We report a case of severe, multi-vessel coronary spasm that occurred two occasions after placement of a zotarolimus-eluting stent, one of the second generation DES, in a 42-year-old man with unstable angina. The first incidence was relieved by intracoronary nitroglycerin alone, and second incident, which had combined fixed stenosis was treated with intracoronary nitroglycerin and everolimus-eluting stent.