Retrieving a Stent: Navigating Deep Complications.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The authors describe a case of an infrequent complication of percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and discuss considerations for its prevention, recognition, and treatment.

Key steps

Diagnostic coronary angiography confirmed an acute total occlusion of the proximal right coronary artery. Angioplasty and stenting were performed without complications. A second stent was advanced to treat a distal lesion. During the advancement, stent dislodgement from the guidewire, with entrapment in the struts of the previously placed stent and migration to the proximal aorta, was identified. A multisnare device was used for stent retrieval, with embolization to the right femoral artery during the process.

Potentia

SUBMITTER: Manzur-Barbur MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11830261 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature