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Coronary stent infection is a rare yet serious complication of coronary artery stenting, with potentially significant morbidity and mortality. This systematic review aimed to comprehensively assess the available evidence on the diagnosis, management, and outcomes of coronary stent infection.
- Coronary Stent Infections
Coronary artery stents have been in use for more than 2...
- Coronary Stent Infections
1 gru 2021 · Coronary stent infection is a fearsome complication with high mortality rate. Since antibiotics may have only partial efficacy, invasive surgery may be needed. We present a systematic review about outcomes achieved by surgical versus medical treatment in this scenario.
Although medical therapy alone might be successful in some uncomplicated cases with early onset and uncomplicated infections, surgical intervention may be recommended to repair coronary stent infection, particularly in cases with coronary artery aneurysm/pseudoaneurysm.
Coronary artery stents have been in use for more than 2 decades. Stent infections are rare, hard to treat, and potentially devastating. Our treatment of a patient with a coronary stent abscess prompted us to review the literature.
3 mar 1999 · Coronary artery stents are metallic scaffold devices that physically support nar-rowed coronary arteries to alleviate symptoms of ischemic coronary artery disease.
8 paź 2021 · Management of coronary stent infection is problematic as both conservative and surgical treatments pose a high morbidity and mortality risk. Successful treatment of stent infection with intravenous antibiotics has been reported, but a lethal outcome is unavoidable in up to 50% of patients.
This paper aimed to examine the literature for cases of coronary artery stent infection in order to provide comprehensive data to clinicians regarding its prevalence, clinical presentations, and possible treatments.
