title: A novel technique for retrieval of a drug-eluting stent after catheter break and stent loss.
abstract: Break of a stent delivery catheter and subsequent stent loss (SL) has been a rare event in the drug-eluting stent (DES) era. We here report a case of successful retrieval of a stent after a break if the delivery catheter and SL from a balloon catheter at a culprit lesion. We finally resolved this situation using a simple balloon technique for both the broken stent catheter inside of the guide catheter and the unexpanded stent in the culprit lesion. Thus balloons are an important weapon in our armamentarium in the cardiac catheterization laboratory for urgent retrieval of a lost stent. Their apt use definitely allowed our patient to avoid undergoing emergency cardiovascular thoracic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sunil P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Wani
authors.forename: Seung-Woon
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Rha
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kanhaiya L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Poddar
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Sureshkumar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramasamy
authors.forename: Ji Mi
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Ji Bak
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Ryol
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Seung Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Un-Jung
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Cheol Ung
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Hong Euy
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Jin Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eung Ju
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chang Gyu
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hong Seog
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Dong Joo
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Oh