Stent thrombosis (ST) is a rare but serious complication after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), because of its high morbidity and mortality. Its incidence ranges from 0.5% to 1% in observational registries and randomized clinical trials. In this book, the authors present topical research on the epidemiology, prevention and management of stent thrombosis. Topics discussed include the prevention of intracoronary stent thrombosis; antiplatelet agents for reduction of cardiovascular events and stent thrombosis; development of a next generation anti-thrombogenic stent using ion beam surface modification and prevention and management of stent thrombosis after complex coronary stenting in patients with risk of gastrointestinal bleeding. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)

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Preface
Stent Thrombosis: Epidemiology, Prevention and Management
(Annunziata Nusca, Rosetta Melfi, Elisabetta Ricottini, Germano Di Sciascio, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy)
Stent Thrombosis
(Gilles Lemesle, Centre Hémodynamique et Clinique de Cardiologie, Hôpital cardiologique, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France)
Prevention of Intracoronary Stent Thrombosis
(Hyun Kuk Kim, Myung Ho Jeong, The heart center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea)
Antiplatelet Agents for Reduction of Cardiovascular Events and Stent Thrombosis
(Rajesh V. Swaminathan, Luke Kim, Dmitriy N. Feldman, Greenberg Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY)
Development of a Next Generation Anti-Thrombogenic Stent using Ion Beam Surface Modification: A Five Year Animal Study
(Yoichi Sugita, Yoshiaki Suzuki, International Center for Medical Technologies, Houston, Texas, USA, and others)
Prevention and Management of Stent Thrombosis After Complex Coronary Stenting in Patients with Risk of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
(Shigenori Ito, Division of Cardiology, Nagoya City East Medical Center)
Thrombosis of the Stent: An Interventional and Clinical Challenge
(Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Claudio Moretti, Pierluigi Omedè, Davide Presutti, Fiorenzo Gaita, Imad Sheiban, Division of Cardiology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, and others)
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