Coronary stent implantation in Behcet's disease

Tezcan H., Yavuz S., Fak A. S., Aker U., Direskeneli H.

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, cilt.20, sa.5, ss.704-706, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Dergi Adı: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.704-706
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Behcet's disease, coronary artery, stent, ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, ARTERY STENOSIS, ANEURYSM, REPAIR
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Behcet's disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis that rarely involves the coronary arteries. Coronary arteritis may lead to myocardial infarction and death, and the management of coronary lesions due to BD has been described only in a small number of patients. The outcome of a young patient with BD is reported who was admitted with acute coronary syndrome and underwent balloon angioplasty and coronary stent implantation. Coronary stent implantation is an alternative treatment for coronary artery lesions of BD but careful monitoring is mandatory due to the progressive vasculitis.