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Philip Urban La Tour Hospital Geneva, Switzerland

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Philip Urban La Tour Hospital Geneva, Switzerland

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    1. DES thrombose: a real or overstated problem?

    2. Conflict of interest Consultant/Speaker bureau for Cordis J&J Terumo Boston Scientific Medtronic

    3. Angiographic follow-up after placement of a self-expanding coronary artery stent Serruys PW et al New Eng J Med 1991;324:13-17

    7. Late BMS thrombotic occlusion

    14. Importance of compliance with antiplatelet medication Jeremias A et al. Circulation 2004; 109:1930-2

    19. (Very) late ST? Lancet 2004;364:1519

    20. Mrs. JN 1943. Admitted for sub-acute AMI (24h)

    21. 3 years later (on aspirin alone) : recurrent ACS with new anterior T wave changes

    26. DES thrombosis 18 years after the first coronary BMS procedure, stent thrombosis remains a rare but dangerous clinical problem following DES implantation. It does not appear to be more frequent than with BMS up to 12 months To reduce the dependence on systemic oral antiplatelet medication, development of effective local antithrombotic coatings on DES is urgently needed

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