Percutaneous retrieval of migrated Viabahn stent from a segmental pulmonary artery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With improving and aggressive endovascular venous and dialysis techniques there is increasing use of stent grafts with different platforms available on the market. Inappropriately sized stents may displace and potentially end up in the heart or lungs as potential dangerous foreign bodies. There is single published case of successful viabahn stent graft retrieval from the pulmonary circulation.

Case presentation

We present a patient who had successful safe percutaneous retrieval of a migrated Viabahn stent from a segmental Pulmonary artery and describe a different novel safe technique of successful stent graft retrieval from the pulmonary artery with very low risk to potential damage to the cardiac valve complex.

Conclusion

This case report demonstrates that

SUBMITTER: Zvavanjanja RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6319534 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature