Abstract
A 60-year-old male patient with coronary disease was included in the “First-in Man” study1 and received a single sirolimus-eluting stent (SES, fast release) in December 1999 to treat a 90% diameter stenosis lesion located in the proximal right coronary artery (RCA). The patient had mild to moderate (<50% diameter stenosis) obstructions in the left anterior descending and left circumflex arteries. Coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) revealed minimal neointimal growth in the midstent region at 4 months, 1 year, and 2 years after implantation. The patient underwent aortic and mitral valve replacement without complication 3 years after SES implantation. Left ventricle ejection fraction was 22%. He had a cardiac arrest out of the hospital in January 2004 (4-year follow-up). The patient was resuscitated but suffered severe cerebral damage. Postarrest angiography showed a widely patent …
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