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Coronary stent evaluation

    Author: Jean-François Paul, MD, Plessis-Robinson, France
    Body Region: Cardiovascular

    1. Patient presentation
    2. CT Images
    3. CT Findings
    4. Diagnosis
    5. References

    1. Patient presentation

    • A 56-year-old man presented with chest pain.
    • His medical history included a percutaneous intervention, with one stent inserted in the LAD and one in a diagonal branch, for an acute coronary syndrome 6 months earlier.
    • Cardiac CT was performed to evaluate the patency of the stents.