Retrieval of a Partially Degloved Stent Strut During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Retrieval of a Partially Degloved Stent Strut During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Although stent entrapment is a rare event during percutaneous coronary intervention, stent entrapment can cause stent breakage or loss, which results in fatal complications such as stent embolism or acute myocardial infarction. We report one case of stent entrapment that was successfully treated by a snare via a contralateral transfemoral approach.

Randomized comparison of stent strut coverage following angiography- or optical coherence tomography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The clinical benefits of optical coherence tomography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention are unclear. Therefore, in this study we sought to evaluate the impact of optical coherence tomography guidance on stent strut coverage following drug-eluting stent implantation. METHODS A total of 101 patients in 105 lesions were randomly assigned to receive percutaneou...

Successful retrieval of an unexpanded coronary stent from the left main coronary artery during primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

INTRODUCTION Dislodgement and embolization of the new generation of coronary stents before their deployment are rare but could constitute a very serious complication. CASE OUTLINE We report a case of a stent dislodgement into the left main coronary artery during the primary coronary intervention of infarct related left circumflex artery in a patient with acute myocardial infarction. The dislo...

In stent restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention

Unintentional extraction of an endothelized coronary stent with an aspiration catheter during primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

A 58-year-old patient presented to our hospital with an anterior ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction. His medical history included placement of 2 overlapped stents in the left anterior descending coronary artery, and 1 in the first diagonal branch (DG) 3 years before. Current coronary angiography revealed thrombotic occlusion of the first DG stent, patency of the remaining stents, and ab...