Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2930917 International Journal of Cardiology 2011 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
We report two cases of paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation in ischemic heart disease patients who developed acute interstitial pneumonitis a few days afterward, and who succumbed to fatal respiratory dysfunction despite corticosteroid therapy. Based upon the clinical course and autopsy findings in these two patients, paclitaxel eluted from the stent may have played a causal role in the development of acute interstitial pneumonitis. Physicians should bear in mind that paclitaxel has the potential of causing acute interstitial pneumonitis not only when used for anti-neoplastic therapy, but also following stent implantation, where the objective is to inhibit coronary neointimal proliferation.
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