RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fatal infection after rapamycin eluting coronary stent implantation
JF Heart
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP e51
OP e51
DO 10.1136/hrt.2005.061838
VO 91
IS 6
A1 Alfonso, F
A1 Moreno, R
A1 Vergas, J
YR 2005
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/91/6/e51.abstract
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.