An 84-year-old male patient with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator(ICD)was admitted due to an alarming sound of his ICD.He had a left-sided,dual chamber,dual-coil ICD implanted 7 years ago due to ischemic card...An 84-year-old male patient with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator(ICD)was admitted due to an alarming sound of his ICD.He had a left-sided,dual chamber,dual-coil ICD implanted 7 years ago due to ischemic cardiomyopathy and sick sinus disease.展开更多
Stent fracture represents a rare cause of stent failure especially in the era of new genera-tion coronary drug-eluting stents(DES).It is described as the interruption of stent continuity resulting in increased risk of...Stent fracture represents a rare cause of stent failure especially in the era of new genera-tion coronary drug-eluting stents(DES).It is described as the interruption of stent continuity resulting in increased risk of in-stent restenosis and stent thrombosis and predisposes to repeat revascu-larization.[1]Although a growing number of octo-genarians benefit today from an invasive treatment of coronary artery disease(CAD),this benefit could be lost in frail patients with multiple comorbidities.[2]Octogenarians constitute a high-risk population in whom frailty and multiple comorbidities mandate for careful treatment planning.展开更多
文摘An 84-year-old male patient with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator(ICD)was admitted due to an alarming sound of his ICD.He had a left-sided,dual chamber,dual-coil ICD implanted 7 years ago due to ischemic cardiomyopathy and sick sinus disease.
文摘Stent fracture represents a rare cause of stent failure especially in the era of new genera-tion coronary drug-eluting stents(DES).It is described as the interruption of stent continuity resulting in increased risk of in-stent restenosis and stent thrombosis and predisposes to repeat revascu-larization.[1]Although a growing number of octo-genarians benefit today from an invasive treatment of coronary artery disease(CAD),this benefit could be lost in frail patients with multiple comorbidities.[2]Octogenarians constitute a high-risk population in whom frailty and multiple comorbidities mandate for careful treatment planning.
