title: Complication of carotid stenting: incomplete misdeployment of the stent in the femoral artery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The presence of intravascular foreign bodies is underreported in the literature and is more commonly encountered in clinical practice. We report on a case where an attempt to position a carotid stent resulted in misdeployment of the stent in the femoral artery and its surgical removal.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 63-year-old patient admitted to hospital for cerebral stroke underwent thrombolysis for occlusive dissection of right carotid artery and was transferred to our hospital for additional thrombo-aspiration and carotid stenting.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The carotid stent was misdeployed incompletely in the femoral artery and had to be removed surgically.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Appropriate knowledge of intravascular migration and deployment failure management should be considered as important as the optimal device deployment.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. tanina.rolf@chuv.ch
authors: Tanina
authors: T
authors: Rolf
authors: Juan F
authors: JF
authors: Iglesias
authors: Salah D
authors: SD
authors: Qanadli
authors: Michel
authors: M
authors: Hurni
authors: Ludwig K
authors: LK
authors: von Segesser
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D020878:Device Removal; D005263:Femoral Artery; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology; D013396:Suction; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy