title: Successful percutaneous removal of a fractured stent fragment using a novel stretching method.
abstract: We present the case of percutaneous removal of a fractured stent fragment during cardiac catheterisation using a novel stretching method. The procedure was performed in a 9-month-old infant. The small distal fragment of a fractured stent in the aorta was stretched using a two-sided approach - that is, from the carotid and femoral artery. This manoeuvre allowed for the removal of the stretched, linear-shaped stent part through a 6 Fr sheath without any local and general complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dryżek
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Michalak
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moszura
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015607:Stents