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Technical considerations when intervening with coronary device catheters in the vicinity of previously deployed stents
Author(s) -
Grantham J. Aaron,
Tiede Daniel J.,
Holmes David R.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/1522-726x(200102)52:2<214::aid-ccd1051>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , interventional cardiology , surgery , traction (geology) , psychological intervention , radiology , nursing , geomorphology , geology
As stent use increases, interventional cardiologists are increasingly faced with patients that require procedures in the vicinity of previously deployed stents. We present two cases of side‐branch interventions in the vicinity of previously deployed stents where devices were trapped by the stent. In each case, traction on the device resulted in stent dislodgment. The stents were successfully extracted and replaced without complications. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2001;52:214–217. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.