title: Successful retrieval of intravascular stent remnants with a combination of rotational atherectomy and a gooseneck snare.
abstract: Stent migration from the delivery balloon catheter is a rare but serious complication during percutaneous coronary intervention, particularly when a part of the stent stretches into the aorta. We report an unusual case of stent migration treated with a combination of a gooseneck snare and rotablation. A part of the stent was overstretched and unrolled into the aorta and the rest of the stent remained implanted in the coronary artery. The stent was captured with a gooseneck snare but could not be retrieved because it was connected to a stent remnant implanted in the coronary artery. The stent strut was cut with rotablation, and the stent was successfully removed through the femoral sheath.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Han-Il General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Hyuk
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Woo Jin
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Kyung-Ju
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Young Bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Joo-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Jin Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Seung-Hyuk
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sang Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyeon-Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Gwon