PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA CORONARY STENT INFECTION

Authors
BOUCHART F DUBAR A BESSOU JP REDONNET M BERLAND J MOUTONSCHLEIFER D HAASHUBSCHER C SOYER R
Citation
F. Bouchart et al., PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA CORONARY STENT INFECTION, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 64(6), 1997, pp. 1810-1813
Citations number
9
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
64
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1810 - 1813
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1997)64:6<1810:PCSI>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Stent infection is a rare complication of coronary angioplasty. We rep ort a case of a coronary stent bacterial infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, shortly after implantation of the stent in the left circum flex artery, which presented as an acute pericarditis. Surgical treatm ent consisted of stent removal and partial excision of the circumflex artery without coronary artery bypass grafting. (C) 1997 by The Societ y of Thoracic Surgeons.