Escape from true stent jail by use of the rotablator.
We describe the use of the Rotablator device to allow sidebranch access via the side-wall of a stent when it has proved impossible to pass even the lowest profile balloon catheter through the struts N a situation of "true stent jail".
Mushahwar
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Department of Cardiology, The Cardiothoracic Center, Thomas Drive, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom.
Ramsdale
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D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019233:Retreatment; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*