Successful coronary stent retrieval from a pedal artery.
The purpose of this article is to report complications from a coronary drug-eluting stent lost in the peripheral circulation. We report the case of successful retrieval of a sirolimus coronary stent from a pedal artery in a young patient who underwent coronary angiography for previous anterior myocardial infarction. Recognition of stent embolization requires adequate removal of the device to avoid unwelcome clinical sequelae.
Mariano
Enrica
E
Department of Cardiology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. enrica_mariano@hotmail.com
Versaci
Francesco
F
Gandini
Roberto
R
Simonetti
Giovanni
G
Di Vito
Livio
L
Romeo
Francesco
F
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D001158:Arteries; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome