TRANSCATHETER RETRIEVAL OF AN EMBOLIZED PALMAZ STENT FROM THE RIGHT VENTRICLE OF A CHILD

A young girl in whom a Palmaz stent embolized from the pulmonary arter y to the right ventricle during a prior cardiac catheterization underw ent successful retrieval and repositioning by a transcatheter techniqu e 8 d later. This technique provides an alternative to surgery when in tracardiac embolization of a stent occurs. (C) 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.