Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Christopher Edwards

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• Case Report
  Bare Metal Stent Infection: Case Report and Literature Review
  Author(s): Merrill A Krolick, James L. Dowling, Christopher Edwards Merrill A Krolick, James L. Dowling, Christopher Edwards
  
  A 75 year old female who previously underwent subclavian artery bare metal stenting presented with hemoptysis, left chest, neck and back pain. A computed tomography angiogram revealed a dissected left subclavian artery with migration and perforation of previously placed bare metal stents and hemopneumothorax, which suggested a large abscess formation. Stabilization of the dissected subclavian artery was done with placement of an 8×38 mm covered endovascular stent. Ultimately, a thoracotomy was done for investigation of a suspected abscess and infected stents. Cultures taken from both free fluid and center of abscess cultivated Staphylococus aureus and Peptostreotpcoccus prevotii. Perioperative bronchoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy ruled out a Broncial fistula formation. The patient was ultimately transferred to a tertiary care facility for evaluation of subclavian bypass a.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000334

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