It was reported that stent fracture and stent thrombosis occurred; patient experienced arrhythmia.The patient presented with chest pain through emergency room.The 90% stenosed target lesion was located in the mildly tortuous and moderately calcified left anterior descending artery, disease in middle and distal, proximal circumflex (cx), and chronic totally occluded obtuse marginal of cx.Right coronary artery was patent with distal focal lesion which also gave collateral to left anterior descending artery (lad).The physician placed 2.50 x 48mm synergy xd stents in proximal, mid, and distal lad and completed the procedure.The patient came back within a two-hour window for stent thrombosis (st) in proximal lad, was occluded.The 48mm synergy stent was also fractured at proximal portion and the patient experienced arrhythmia.The physician then ballooned the proximal, mid, and distal lad.Went in with non-boston scientific catheter, patient coded while in room and on table during procedure.The patient was started on aggrestat for clot.Angiomax was going prior to interventional wire being introduced.Ended up using a 2.50 x 48 stent in between the mid and distal stents to cover.No further patient complications reported.
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