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Very late thrombosis of a bare metal stent despite ongoing aspirin therapy after 10 years of implantation

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Late stent thrombosis is a well-known complication of drug eluting stents. The recognized risk of late stent thrombosis associated with bare metal stents is too low. In this report, we present a 60 year old male patient who had an acute inferior myocardial infarction due to very late thrombosis ( 10 years) of a bare metal stent. Intracoronary thrombus aspiration was performed and thrombus was extracted from the coronary artery with subsequent restoration of TIMI 3 distal flow. Very late stent thrombosis is an extremely rare complication of bare metal stents. With this case report we would like to emphasize the possibility of very late stent thrombosis with bare metal stent despite ongoing aspirin therapy.

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Bare metal stent , very late stent thrombosis

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