title: Surgical removal of an intravascular ultrasonography catheter captured in a stent after percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: A-79-year-old woman underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to the right coronary artery (RCA) for effort angina, followed by intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS) to ascertain stent expansion. The IVUS catheter became entangled in the stent and could not be withdrawn from the outside. The patient was transferred to our hospital for its surgical removal. For the emergent surgery, we opened the stent region in the RCA and directly removed the IVUS catheter with the twisted stent. Additional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) involving three vessels was performed. She was discharged 42 days after surgery.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miki City Hospital, 58-1 Kasa, Miki 673-0402, Japan.
authors: Hiroya
authors: H
authors: Minami
authors: Tatsuro
authors: T
authors: Asada
authors: Kunio
authors: K
authors: Gan
authors: Akitoshi
authors: A
authors: Yamada
authors: Masanobu
authors: M
authors: Sato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D057785:Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D020878:Device Removal; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation