Paciente de 52 anos de idade, do sexo masculino, com diagnóstico de angina instável pós-infarto. A angiografia coronariana revelou obstrução luminal de 90% no terço médio da artéria coronária direita e de 90% no ramo marginal da artéria circunflexa. Após o uso de clopidogrel 300 mg associado ao ácido acetilsalicílico, o paciente foi submetido a implante de stent com eluição de sirolimus (CYPHER; Johnson&Johnson-Cordis) 2,5 x 18 mm, na lesão do ramo marginal esquerdo. Após um ano e cinco meses do implante do stent CYPHER, foi observada em nova angiografia a presença de aneurisma coronariano intra-stent, no ramo marginal esquerdo. O presente relato sugere que o implante de stent coronariano revestido com sirolimus pode ocasionar, tardiamente, a formação de aneurisma da artéria coronária.
Aneurisma de artéria coronária um ano e cinco meses pós-implante de
Departamento de Cardiologia do Hospital Stella Maris - São Paulo, SP
Paciente de 52 anos de idade, do sexo masculino, com diagnóstico de angina instável pós-infarto. A angiografia coronariana revelou obstrução luminal de 90% no terço médio da artéria coronária direita e de 90% no ramo marginal da artéria circunflexa. Após o uso de clopidogrel 300 mg associado ao ácido acetilsalicílico, o paciente foi submetido a implante de
Os estudos randomizados com o uso de
Paciente de 52 anos de idade do sexo masculino foi admitido com história de dor precordial opressiva de forte intensidade, em repouso. Apresentava como fatores de risco para doença coronariana hipertensão arterial sistêmica e tabagismo, e fazia uso de captopril 12,5 mg duas vezes ao dia. Foram realizados eletrocardiograma e dosagem de enzimas, diagnosticando-se infarto agudo do miocárdio sem supradesnivelamento do segmento ST. Durante a evolução hospitalar, apresentou dor precordial e diagnosticou-se angina pós-infarto. Ao exame físico, apresentava pressão arterial de 120/70 mmHg e freqüência cardíaca de 80 bpm. A ausculta cardiopulmonar era normal.
O eletrocardiograma mostrou ritmo sinusal, sem anormalidades. A radiografia do tórax mostrou índice cardiotorácico de 0,5, aorta alongada e campos pleuro-pulmonares normais.
O paciente foi submetido a angiografia coronariana pela técnica de Sones que revelou obstrução luminal de 90% no terço médio da artéria coronária direita (ACD) e de 90% no primeiro ramo marginal da artéria circunflexa (MG) (
O paciente foi medicado, no mesmo dia da angiografia, com clopidogrel 300 mg e ácido acetilsalicílico (AAS) 200 mg, e no dia seguinte, após pré-dilatação com cateter-balão Wordpass (Johnson&Johnson-Cordis) 2,0 x 20 mm, foi submetido a implante de
A análise angiográfica quantitativa pelo Sistema Phyllips das medidas do ramo marginal esquerdo revelou, no pré-implante, diâmetro de referência 2,50 mm, porcentual da estenose em diâmetro 81,01%, diâmetro luminal mínimo 0,47 mm e extensão da lesão 8,21 mm. Após o implante, obteve-se diâmetro de referência 2,50 mm e diâmetro luminal mínimo 2,54 mm (
Os exames laboratoriais pós-procedimento revelaram creatinofosfoquinase de 60U/l com fração MB 5U/l e desidrogenase láctica 227 U/ml. O introdutor da AFD foi retirado após 4 horas do procedimento e foi realizada compressão manual local por 15 minutos. Não ocorreu sangramento ou hematoma após a compressão.
Durante a internação, o paciente evoluiu sem precordialgia, sem alterações eletrocardiográficas ou enzimáticas. Após dois dias do implante de
Após 36 dias do implante do primeiro
O paciente apresentou novo episódio de dor precordial um ano e cinco meses pós-implante do
A formação de aneurisma da artéria coronária, definida como uma dilatação na artéria coronária que excede 1,5 vez o diâmetro de referência dos segmentos coronários adjacentes angiograficamente normais3, foi relatada após angioplastia coronariana, aterectomia coronariana direcionada e angioplastia por laser com uma freqüência que varia de 2% a 10%4. No estudo STRESS3 foi observada a presença de aneurisma da artéria coronária em 3,9% dos pacientes submetidos a implante de
O implante de
Os novos
A aposição incompleta tardia das hastes do
Nos estudos RAVEL1 e SIRIUS2, E-SIRIUS3 e C-SIRIUS4, a presença de aneurisma não foi relatada, nos pacientes avaliados pela angiografia e ultra-som intracoronariano, seis a oito meses pós-implante de
Recentemente, foram avaliados 13 pacientes com aposição incompleta, por meio do ultra-som intracoronariano seis e doze meses pós-implante de
No presente caso, uma possível explicação para a formação do aneurisma, não relacionada ao uso do
Uma limitação no estudo do presente caso foi a não-realização do ultra-som intracoronariano, que é a única maneira de detectar aposição incompleta do
Não foi realizada nenhuma outra terapêutica nesse caso, pois os pacientes com aneurisma da artéria coronária pós-intervenção coronariana percutânea têm mostrado curso clínico benigno, sem associação com aumento da mortalidade, infarto agudo do miocárdio ou ruptura arterial3.
George Ximenes Meireles Rua Sena Madureira, 1265/102 04021-051 - São Paulo, SP E-mail:
Recebido em 07/12/04
Aceito em 04/05/05
A 52-year-old man with diagnosis of post-infarction unstable angina. Coronary angiography revealed 90% luminal obstruction in the middle third of the right coronary artery and 90% in the marginal branch of the circumflex artery. After the administration of clopidogrel 300 mg associated with acetylsalicylic acid, the patient underwent the implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent (CYPHER; Johnson & Johnson Cordis) 2.5 x 1.8 mm in the lesion located at the left marginal branch. One year and five months after the CYPHER stent implantation, a new angiography showed intrastent coronary aneurysm at the left marginal branch. This case report suggests that the implantation of a sirolimus-coated coronary stent may cause late formation of coronary artery aneurysm.
Coronary artery aneurysm one year and five months after sirolimus-eluting stent placement
Departamento de Cardiologia do Hospital Stella Maris - São Paulo, SP - Brazil
A 52-year-old man with diagnosis of post-infarction unstable angina. Coronary angiography revealed 90% luminal obstruction in the middle third of the right coronary artery and 90% in the marginal branch of the circumflex artery. After the administration of clopidogrel 300 mg associated with acetylsalicylic acid, the patient underwent the implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent (CYPHER; Johnson & Johnson Cordis) 2.5 x 1.8 mm in the lesion located at the left marginal branch. One year and five months after the CYPHER stent implantation, a new angiography showed intrastent coronary aneurysm at the left marginal branch. This case report suggests that the implantation of a sirolimus-coated coronary stent may cause late formation of coronary artery aneurysm.
Randomized studies with the use of drug-eluting stents have demonstrated an inhibition of neointimal hyperplasia in the majority of patients1,2. With the increasing use of these stents, information on their long-term effect is extremely important. The presence of a coronary aneurysm one year and five months after the implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent is of utmost interest due to the lack of previously reported case reports.
The patient was a 52-year-old male admitted with a history of very intense oppressive precordial pain at rest. He presented risk factors for coronary disease, systemic arterial hypertension and was a smoker; he also used captopril 12.5 mg twice a day. An electrocardiogram and enzyme measurements were carried out and an acute myocardial infarction was diagnosed, with no upper unleveling of the ST segment. During hospital stay, he presented precordial pain and post-infarction angina was diagnosed. At the physical examination he presented arterial pressure of 120/70 mmHg and cardiac frequency of 80 bpm. Cardiopulmonary auscultation was normal.
The electrocardiogram showed a sinusal rhythm, with no abnormalities. Thorax X-ray showed a cardiothoracic index of 0.5, elongated aorta and normal pleuropulmonary fields.
The patient underwent a coronary angiography by the Sones technique, which disclosed a luminal obstruction of 90% in the middle third of the right coronary artery (RCA) and 90% in the first marginal branch (MG) (
The patient was medicated with clopidogrel 300 mg and acetylsalicylic acid (AAS) 200 mg on the same day the angiography was carried out, and on the following day, after a pre-dilation with a Wordpass balloon-catheter (Johnson&Johnson-Cordis) 2.0 x 20 mm, he underwent the implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent (CYPHER; Johnson&Johnson-Cordis) 2.5 x 18 mm in the lesion at the MG branch with success (
The use of the Philips System for the quantitative angiographic analysis of the measurements of the left marginal branch disclosed, at the pre-implantation assessment, a reference diameter of 2.50 mm, a percent of stenosis in diameter of 81.01%, minimal luminal diameter of 0.47 mm and lesion extension of 8.21 mm. After the implant, the reference diameter was 2.50 mm and the minimal luminal diameter was 2.54 mm (
Post-procedure laboratory assessment showed levels of creatine phosphokinase of 60 U/L with a 5U/L MB fraction and 227 U/mL lactate dehydrogenase. The RFA introductory device was removed 4 hours after procedure completion and a manual compression was performed for 15 minutes. There was no post-compression bleeding or hematoma.
During hospital stay, the patient evolved with no precordial pain and no electrocardiographic or enzymatic alterations were observed. Two days after stent implantation, he was released from the hospital with a clopidrogel prescription of 75 mg/day for 60 days and AAS 200 mg from the release date on, indefinitely.
Thirty-six days after the first stent placement, a Bx Velocity stent (Johnson&Johnson-Cordis) 4.0 x 23 mm was successfully implanted at the RCA lesion.
The patient presented a new episode of precordial pain one year and five months after the implantation of the sirolimus-eluting stent. He then underwent a new coronary angiography, which disclosed the presence of a coronary aneurysm in the marginal branch, in the intra-stent proximal portion, with no luminal obstruction in both stents (
The formation of a coronary artery aneurysm, defined as a dilation of the coronary artery that exceeds 1.5 times the reference diameter of the adjacent coronary segments that are angiographically normal3, has been reported after coronary angioplasty, directed coronary atherectomy, and laser angioplasty at a frequency that varies from 2 to 10%4. At the STRESS3 study, a the presence of a coronary artery aneurysm was observed in 3.9% of the patients submitted to Palmaz-Schatz stent implant.
Stent placement associated to anti-inflammatory agents has been correlated to an increased frequency of coronary aneurysms. Rab et al5 have reported the occurrence of coronary artery aneurysms in 32% of patients submitted to stent placement, when corticoid drugs and colchicine were administered after the implant. These investigators concluded that the aneurysm formation was probably increased due to the concomitant use of anti-inflammatory agents.
The new drug-eluting stents approved for medical practice, such as paclitaxel6 and sirolimus1,2, are capable of inhibiting neointimal hyperplasia. Sirolimus acts specifically at the G1 phase of the cell cycle. Due to its early action on the cell cycle, sirolimus can block cell proliferation with late vascular sequelae potential2. Additionally, sirolimus stimulates apoptosis and reduces inflammation7. Thus, drug-eluting stents can lead to the formation of coronary aneurysms and among the late post-implantation findings, the incomplete apposition of the stent filaments could be the responsible mechanism.
The late incomplete apposition of the stent filaments, observed during the follow-up with intracoronary ultrasound, is defined as a separation of one or more stent filaments from the
At the RAVEL1, SIRIUS2, E-SIRIUS3 and C-SIRIUS4 studies, the presence of aneurysms was not reported, in patients evaluated by angiography and intra-coronary ultrasound six to eight months after sirolimus-eluting stent placement.
Recently, 13 patients with incomplete apposition were evaluated by intra-coronary ultrasound, six to twelve months after sirolimus-eluting stent placement and it was observed that the area of incomplete apposition did not show alterations during this period, except in one patient in whom the presence of a coronary aneurysm was observed during the follow-up period of twelve months; the condition was probably pre-existing at the time of the stent placement and failed to be detected due to the fact that it was filled with a thrombus. Based on the fact that sirolimus elution of the stent filaments remains for only six weeks, with a half-life of sirolimus in tissue for 60 hours, it is unlikely that sirolimus itself cam induce long-term alterations of the vessel wall. The possibility that this aneurysm was probably present since the first evaluation, having been masked by a thrombus, was then raised9.
Regarding the present case, a possible explanation for the aneurysm formation, which is unrelated to use of a sirolimus-eluting stent, is that, being an acute myocardial infarction with no upper unleveling of the ST segment, there was a spontaneous dissection that was not visible through the angiography, which triggered the acute coronary syndrome. The presence of a dissection has been observed by intra-coronary ultrasound prior to Palmaz-Schatz stent placement, and the image did not disappear entirely immediately after the implant. The angiography was repeated six months later and the presence of an intra-stent aneurysm was observed. The coronary ultrasound disclosed that the same dissection presented continuity with the coronary aneurysm, suggesting that the dissection was responsible for the aneurysm formation10.
A limitation observed in the present study was the lack of an intra-coronary ultrasound, which is the only way to detect the incomplete stent apposition.
No other therapeutic measures were applied in this case, as patients with coronary artery aneurysm post-percutaneous coronary intervention have shown a benign clinical course, with no association with an increase in mortality, acute myocardial infarction or artery rupture3.
George Ximenes Meireles Rua Sena Madureira, 1265/102 04021-051 - São Paulo, SP - Brazil E-mail:
Received on 12/07/04
Accepted on 05/04/05