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Retained entrapped coronary stent appearing like an aortic flap
Author(s) -
Hajsadeghi Shokoufeh,
Pakbaz Marziyeh,
Marzban Mehrab,
Pourebrahim Nematollah
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.14296
Subject(s) - medicine , ascending aorta , angioplasty , stent , dissection (medical) , complication , cardiology , aorta , right coronary artery , aortic dissection , coronary stent , artery , surgery , coronary arteries , radiology , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction , restenosis
Entrapment of coronary angioplasty hardware is a rare but serious complication of coronary interventions which may be managed percutaneously or surgically. We described a case of an entrapped coronary stent in a patient with a history of failed coronary intervention with no documents available. In transesophageal echocardiography, there was a linear echo density in the ascending aorta stuck in the right coronary artery resembling a dissection flap but based on the history of failed coronary intervention, this odd structure was supposed to be a retained angioplasty device. The patient underwent surgical removal of the entrapped device which was a fractured stent.