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01-12-2021 | Intravascular Ultrasound | Case report
Successful double-layer metal stents rotational ablation under 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional optical coherence tomography guidance: a case report
Authors:
Tong Yaliang, Liu Guohui, Zhang Cheng, Du Beibei, Zhao Yanan, He Yuquan, Yang Ping
Published in:
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
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Issue 1/2021
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Abstract
Background
Stent ablation with rotational atherectomy has been considered a bail-out strategy for the treatment of severe stent underexpansion. Only a few reports have yet shown rotational ablation for double-layer metal struts.
Case presentation
We present a case of 80-year-old female patient presented to our hospital because of worsening effort angina. Coronary angiography revealed severe in-stent restenosis in the proximal left anterior descending artery. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) examinations found that severe stenosis occurred at the overlap region with 2-layer underexpanded stents and circumferential calcification beneath them. Under the guidance of 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D) OCT, we successfully performed percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of this lesion after adequate stent ablation, high-pressure balloon dilatation, and subsequent everolimus-eluting stent implantation. The patient recovered well uneventfully and discharged from hospital 7 days later. No restenosis occurred after 12 months.
Conclusions
We report a very rare case of in-stent restenosis due to double-layer underexpanded stents. The entire percutaneous coronary intervention procedure was performed step by step under the guidance of high-resolution OCT. Our findings highlight the specific value of 2D and 3D OCT guidance in double-layer stents rotational ablation.