Transcatheter retrieval of an embolized Palmaz stent from the right ventricle of a child.
A young girl in whom a Palmaz stent embolized from the pulmonary artery to the right ventricle during a prior cardiac catheterization underwent successful retrieval and repositioning by a transcatheter technique 8 d later. This technique provides an alternative to surgery when intracardiac embolization of a stent occurs.
Hoyer
M H
MH
Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA.
Bailey
S R
SR
Neill
J A
JA
Palmaz
J C
JC
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D002648:Child; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents