Case Report: Coronary artery stent infection with mycotic aneurysm secondary to tricuspid valve infective endocarditis

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Infectious complications following percutaneous cardiac interventions are known but not very common. Coronary stent implantation is associated with complications, though rare, such as stent infection or coronary aneurysms resulting from several mechanisms, and needing special investigations for their diagnosis and management. We report a rare case of ST elevation myocardial infarction due to bare metal stent infection and coronary artery aneurysm in the setting of tricuspid valve infective endocarditis. The management and outcome of our patient was quite different from what was reported in the literature.. It is important for the interventional cardiologist, to remember that such complication might occur and should be prevented. If it does occur however, its treatment and outcome represent a challenge for clinicians.