title: Role of intravascular ultrasound in the management of intracoronary dislodged stent.
abstract: We describe a nonagenarian patient in whom a paclitaxel-eluting stent was lost during an attempt of direct stent implantation at the distal right coronary artery after removal of the guide-wire. The potential usefulness of intravascular ultrasound in the management of this complication is illustrated. The dislodged stent could not be located by fluoroscopy. However, intravascular ultrasound allowed to find the undeployed stent at the proximal segment of the right coronary artery. It showed that the guide-wire was placed outside the lost stent lumen and this undeployed stent was crushed against a previously implanted stent by another stent with optimal intravascular ultrasound-guided implantation.
authors: Angel
authors: A
authors: Sanchez-Recalde
authors: Raúl
authors: R
authors: Moreno
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Martín Reyes
authors: Cristian
authors: C
authors: Iborra
authors: Guillermo
authors: G
authors: Galeote
authors: Luis
authors: L
authors: Calvo
authors: José L
authors: JL
authors: López-Sendón
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional