• Medicine
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  Cleveland Clinic journal of…
  2007
• DOI:10.3949/ccjm.74.2.129

Understanding and minimizing late thrombosis of drug-eluting stents.

@article{Rabbat2007UnderstandingAM,
  title={Understanding and minimizing late thrombosis of drug-eluting stents.},
  author={Mark Rabbat and Anthony A Bavry and Deepak L Bhatt and Stephen G. Ellis},
  journal={Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine},
  year={2007},
  volume={74 2},
  pages={
          129-36
        }
}

• Mark Rabbat, Anthony A Bavry, +1 author Stephen G. Ellis

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Although the safety profiles of drug-eluting stents are similar to those of bare metal stents in the short term, concern has arisen about their potential for late thrombosis (occurring > 30 days after implantation). Stent thrombosis is rare but potentially devastating and can result in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction or death. The aim of this article is to review the incidence, predictors, pathology, and prevention of late thrombosis of drug-eluting stents.