A novel technique for retrieval of a drug-eluting stent after catheter break and stent loss.
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.
Wani
Sunil P
SP
Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Rha
Seung-Woon
SW
Park
Ji Young
JY
Poddar
Kanhaiya L
KL
Wang
Lin
L
Ramasamy
Sureshkumar
S
Moon
Ji Mi
JM
Kim
Ji Bak
JB
Ryu
Sang Ryol
SR
Shin
Seung Yong
SY
Choi
Un-Jung
UJ
Choi
Cheol Ung
CU
Lim
Hong Euy
HE
Kim
Jin Won
JW
Kim
Eung Ju
EJ
Park
Chang Gyu
CG
Seo
Hong Seog
HS
Oh
Dong Joo
DJ