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Entrapped coronary angioplasty stent balloon due to nondeflation: Percutaneous retrieval by a simple technique
Author(s) -
Girish M.P.,
Gupta Mohit D.,
Tyagi Sanjay
Publication year - 2010
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/ccd.22617
Subject(s) - medicine , balloon , angioplasty , complication , stent , radiology , percutaneous coronary intervention , coronary stent , percutaneous , surgery , cardiology , restenosis , myocardial infarction
Complication due to hardware failure may happen even in the most straightforward interventional procedures. We report an unusual complication of nondeflation of coronary stent balloon entrapped within the coronary tree. The nondeflated balloon was retrieved percutaneously by a simple technique. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.