Stent embolization during intracoronary stenting.
Nine patients with systemic embolization complicating intracoronary stenting (incidence 1.8%) are described. Although this rare complication was not associated with any clinical sequelae, great care should be taken to prevent this possibility, especially in patients with unfavorable anatomic characteristics, including lesions in the left circumflex artery, at bend points, and calcified lesions.
Alfonso
F
F
Cardiopulmonary Department, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
Martinez
D
D
Hernández
R
R
Goicolea
J
J
Segovia
J
J
Fernández-Ortiz
A
A
Bañuelos
C
C
Macaya
C
C
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*