Dislodgement of a Wiktor stent during intracoronary ultrasound examination.
We report a case of stent dislodgement complicating adjuvant intracoronary ultrasound (ICUS) imaging that required emergency coronary bypass grafting. This probably very rare complication gains importance since ICUS is increasingly used to confirm adequate stent expansion and full coverage of the lesion.
Sturm
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Department of Cardiology, Hannover Medical School, Germany.
Hausmann
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Mügge
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Blessing
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Amende
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015607:Stents; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000009:adverse effects*