title: Three cases of non-surgical treatment of stent loss during percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: Percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting is widely used for ischemic heart disease. Because stent loss, which occurs rarely during the procedure, might have dire consequences, such as bleeding, stent embolism, acute myocardial infarction, emergency coronary artery bypass graft, and death, appropriate treatment is needed as soon as stent loss occurs. We report three cases of stent loss which were successfully treated with three different non-surgical methods.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Byung-Ju
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Jong-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seung-Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung Sik
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong-Hyeon
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Woo-Seung
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Ji-Han
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Sang Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Gil