BAIL-OUT OF STENT JAIL - STENT DELIVERY THROUGH STENT STRUTS

Citation
T. Corcos et al., BAIL-OUT OF STENT JAIL - STENT DELIVERY THROUGH STENT STRUTS, The Journal of invasive cardiology, 8(2), 1996, pp. 113-116
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
ISSN journal
10423931
Volume
8
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
113 - 116
Database
ISI
SICI code
1042-3931(1996)8:2<113:BOSJ-S>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Stent deployment in a lesion with a large side branch is an example of the potential limitation of intracoronary stents, especially the Palm az-Schatz(TM) stent with its tubular slotted design. This case study d escribes a patient in whom a Palmaz-Schatz stent of excessive length c overed the origin of a side branch (''stent jail''). Thrombus develope d in the jailed branch as well as in the main vessel, causing abrupt v essel closure and impending acute myocardial infarction within one hou r after the procedure. This complication was successfully managed by e mergency repeat angioplasty and implantation of a Micro Stent(TM) on b oth branches, i.e. in the main vessel distal to the Palmaz-Schatz sten t and in the side branch through the struts of the Palmaz-Schatz stent .