Publication Date

3-1-2023

Journal

The Texas Heart Institute Journal

DOI

10.14503/THIJ-20-7505

PMID

37023794

Publication Date(s)

March 2023

Language

English

PMCID

PMC10178660

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

4-6-2023

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-Print

Published Open-Access

yes

Keywords

Aged, Humans, Male, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, Coronary Angiography, Coronary Vessels, Stents

Abstract

Although several techniques have been reported for managing an on-wire dislodged stent in the coronary artery, very few reports have focused on the much rarer complication of an off-wire dislodged stent. In a 73-year-old man who experienced an off-wire dislodged coronary stent, the proximal elongated segment was lodged in the left main coronary artery, and the distal segment was floating in the aorta like a wind sock. After a failed attempt at retrieval using a gooseneck microsnare, the dislodged stent was successfully removed using a 3-loop vascular snare via the left radial artery. There was no obvious vascular injury. This novel technique for removing a partially floating dislodged stent was successful after conventional retrieval techniques failed.

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