Plaque sealing: are the benefits outweighing the risks?

A 36-year-old man was admitted with reported short attacks of acute chest pain with small increment of troponin and CK-MB and normal ECG. The 64-slice CT coronary angiography revealed a large non-obstructing non-calcified plaque in the proximal left anterior descending artery with positive vessel remodeling. The conventional coronary angiogram was normal but the intravascular ultrasound confirmed the CT findings. A drug eluting stent was implanted to seal the plaque. During the procedure, myocardial damage had occurred. At 6-month follow-up, 64-slice CT revealed minimal in-stent hyperplasia, which was confirmed at conventional angiography.