It was reported through a research article identifying the absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold (bvs) that may be related to the following: thrombosis and death.The patient is 62 year old male, with implantation of an absorb gt1 bvs in the proximal left anterior descending (lad) artery.The patient died one day post procedure.Although cause of death was unknown, it was suspected that there was scaffold thrombosis.No additional information was provided.Details are listed in the article, titled the 1-year safety and efficacy outcomes of absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffolds for coronary artery disease treatment in diabetes mellitus patients: the absorb dm benelux study.Please see article for additional information.
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