Percutaneous snare retrieval of a partially embedded Wallstent.
Although removal of a stent is a well described method for treating an acutely dislodged or embolized device, removal of a previously deployed stent is unusual. We describe a case where a partially dislodged wallstent in a saphenous vein graft was removed using a snare to permit deployment of a balloon mounted stent across a proximal vein graft stenosis.
Division of Cardiology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
Peter J
PJ
Curran
Jesse
J
Currier
Jonathan
J
Tobis
D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D015607:Stents