Subacute coronary stent thrombosis in a patient with angina treated with double antiplatelet drugs for six days

Stent implantation has been a great advance in percutaneous coronary intervention （PCI）, decreasing the frequency of acute closure and restenosis. But stent thrombosis is a severe complication of this therapy regardless of the stent type： bare-metal stent （BMS） and drug-eluting stent （DES）. According to the timing after initial PCI, stent thrombosis is considered as acute when occurring between 0 hour and 24 hours after stent implantation, subacute between 24 hours and 30 days,