title: Peripheral self-expandable stent catheter fracture: Retrieval of two different components with two different modalities.
abstract: A 58-year-old man whose right superficial femoral artery had been stented 2 weeks previously presented at the emergency service complaining of right leg pain of 2 days' duration. Angiography revealed a radiopaque foreign body distal to the stent. It was removed with a snare. Due to sudden disappearance of the popliteal artery pulse seventy-two hours after the procedure, an urgent control angiogram was performed, which showed a large thrombus occluding the superficial femoral artery. Surgery revealed a second larger radiolucent foreign body causing the thrombus. This was recognized as the distal tip and shaft of the peripheral self-expandable stent catheter used in the initial procedure. This report discusses preventive measures to be taken against this complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. ahmetseyfeddingurbuz@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ahmet Seyfeddin
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gürbüz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Semi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Öztürk
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Süleyman Çağan
authors.initials: SÇ
authors.lastname: Efe
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Vefik
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Yazıcıoğlu
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D057785:Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013927:Thrombosis