More than 400,000 endovascular stents are put in place in the United States
annually, Infectious complications have been reported in fewer than one in
10,000 cases. It remains unclear whether the optimal management strategy f
or these patients is with medicine alone or surgery, We report two cases of
endovascular stent infections that were treated successfully with antibiot
ics alone. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent 51:471-476, 2000 (C) 2000 Wiley-Li
ss, Inc.