Stent fracture at the proximal shaft of the left main stem.

Korean Circ J

Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

Published: December 2011

Stent fracture is likely to be caused due to mechanical stress at the hinge point or kinking movement at the point of aneurysm formation with stent malapposition. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of stent fracture at the proximal shaft of the left main stem in a patient with acute myocardial infarction.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2011.41.12.763DOI Listing

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