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Fatal infection after rapamycin eluting coronary stent implantation.

Alfonso F, Moreno R, Vergas J

Interventional Cardiology Unit, Cardiovascular Institute, San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. falf@hotmail.com

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.

Published 16 May 2005 in Heart, 91(6): e51.
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