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Clin Case Rep . Stent thrombosis during COVID-19 pandemic: A case series

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Clin Case Rep


. 2022 May 18;10(5):e05872.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5872. eCollection 2022 May.
Stent thrombosis during COVID-19 pandemic: A case series


Mohammad Montaseri[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Reza Golchin Vafa[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Armin Attar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Seyed Ali Hosseini[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Javad Kojuri[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP]



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Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic originated from Wuhan, China, in late 2019. In addition to the respiratory system, COVID-19 also affects other organ systems. The disease can lead to cardiovascular complications such as myocarditis, acute myocardial infarction, acute heart failure, and venous thromboembolism; patients with COVID-19 experience more thrombotic events than non-COVID-19 patients. A 50-year-old male cigarette smoker presented to the emergency department (ED) with typical chest pain. His electrocardiography (ECG) showed an anterior STEMI. He developed multiple episodes of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and received defibrillator shocks. His angiogram showed thrombotic severe in-stent restenosis (ISR) of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery stents. A 70-year-old diabetic hypertensive woman presented to the ED with dyspnea and chest pain. The patient had undergone angioplasty two times beforehand, and a fresh angiogram revealed severe thrombotic ISR of LAD stents and another far midpart lesion after the stents. She underwent successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A 54-year-old man presented to the ED with typical chest pain commencing an hour beforehand. He had undergone angioplasty about 10 years earlier. The patient received the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 36 h before developing chest pain. The ECG revealed an infero-posterior STEMI, and the angiogram depicted thrombotic occluded ISR in the RCA. The patient underwent successful PCI. Patients with COVID-19 or even with COVID-19 vaccination experience stent thrombosis due to a hypercoagulable state. Hence, we need standard guidelines to prevent stent thrombosis.

Keywords: COVID‐19; cardiovascular disease; in‐stent restenosis.
 
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