title: A rare complication with remarkable stent shortening and successful recovery from the trouble.
abstract: Deployed coronary stent distortion is a rare complication, but can potentially occur during coronary intervention. We herein report a rare complicated case with remarkable stent distortion of longitudinal stent shortening and successful recovery from a trouble using a Corsair microcatheter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Shin-Koga Hospital, 120 Tenjin-cho, Kurume 830-8577, Japan. y-goto@tenjinkai.or.jp
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koga
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D062666:Vascular Access Devices