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Review
. 2003 Jan;58(1):69-71.
doi: 10.1002/ccd.10395.

Coronary abscess: a complication of stenting

Jayson C Liu  1 , David J Cziperle, Bruce Kleinman, Henry Loeb
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Coronary abscess: a complication of stenting

Jayson C Liu et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2003 Jan.

Abstract

We report the case of a 72-year-old male who underwent primary angioplasty for an acute myocardial infarction and developed a coronary stent infection with Staphylococcus aureus. The patient was treated with a prolonged course of IV antibiotics and underwent debridement and partial stent extraction successfully.

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