Innovative Guide Extension Catheter Trapping Technique to Retrieve a Lost Stent From a Coronary Artery.

ABSTRACT: A stent that was being implanted in the left circumflex artery, to treat an iatrogenic dissection, became dislodged at the ostial left circumflex artery on a previously deployed stent implanted for the treatment of a distal left main bifurcation stenosis. We describe here a novel technique to retrieve the device safely. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

SUBMITTER: Righetti S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9175196 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature