Successful retrieval of a lost coronary stent from the descending aorta using a loop basket intravascular retriever set

Delivery of a balloon‐expandable stent was complicated by a systemic embolisation. The radio‐opaque stent was lost in the descending aorta, but then removed by using a loop basket intravascular retriever set without any peripheral arterial complication. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Diagn. 44:224–226, 1998. ©...

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Published in:Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis 1998-06, Vol.44 (2), p.224-226
Main Authors: Douard, Hervé, Besse, Pierre, Broustet, Jean Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
angioplasty
Aorta, Thoracic
Biological and medical sciences
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Disease - surgery
Diseases of the cardiovascular system
embolism
Follow-Up Studies
Foreign-Body Migration - diagnostic imaging
Foreign-Body Migration - etiology
Foreign-Body Migration - surgery
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
removal
stent
Stents - adverse effects
Thromboembolism - diagnostic imaging
Thromboembolism - etiology
Thromboembolism - surgery
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Summary:Delivery of a balloon‐expandable stent was complicated by a systemic embolisation. The radio‐opaque stent was lost in the descending aorta, but then removed by using a loop basket intravascular retriever set without any peripheral arterial complication. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Diagn. 44:224–226, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:0098-6569
1097-0304
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199806)44:2<224::AID-CCD21>3.0.CO;2-L