PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Alfonso, F AU - Moreno, R AU - Vergas, J TI - Fatal infection after rapamycin eluting coronary stent implantation AID - 10.1136/hrt.2005.061838 DP - 2005 Jun 01 TA - Heart PG - e51--e51 VI - 91 IP - 6 4099 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/91/6/e51.short 4100 - http://heart.bmj.com/content/91/6/e51.full SO - Heart2005 Jun 01; 91 AB - Septic complications after coronary stenting are extremely rare. The occurrence of cardiac related sepsis after rapamycin eluting stent deployment has not been previously reported. The potential role of drug eluting stents in locally blunting the innate response to bacterial agents is discussed.