Korean J Med.
2011 Jul;81(1):98-101.
A Case of Neointimal Calcification in a Drug-Eluting Stent
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mkhong61@yuhs.ac
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- Neointimal hyperplasia is the main mechanism of stent restenosis. Therefore, drug-eluting stents have replaced bare metal stents because there is less neointima and scar formation. Recently, some cases of stent restenosis after using a bare metal stent were found to involve calcification, not neointimal hyperplasia, and regarded as de novo atherosclerosis. We report unusual circular calcification inside a drug-eluting stent, which we called neointimal calcification.
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