title: A technique to prevent newly implanted stent displacement during subsequent catheter and sheath manipulation.
abstract: We describe a novel technique to prevent the displacement or migration of a newly implanted stent as a consequence of any subsequent catheter and sheath manipulation during the same catheterization procedure. The technique involves reinflation of the dilation balloon within the stent immediately after implant followed by advancing the long delivery sheath carefully over the balloon as the balloon is slowly deflated within the stent. The technique was used successfully in 78 stents in 30 patients without stent dislodgment or migration.
authors.affiliation: Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. mitch.recto@luisville.edu
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Recto
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Ing
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Grifka
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Nihill
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Mullins
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents