PALMAZ STENT DISLODGMENT INTO THE LEFT PULMONARY-ARTERY COMPLICATING TIPS - PERCUTANEOUS RETRIEVAL AND EXTRACTION AFTER VENOTOMY

Authors
GROSSO M SPALLUTO F MURATORE P CRISTOFERI M VELTRI A
Citation
M. Grosso et al., PALMAZ STENT DISLODGMENT INTO THE LEFT PULMONARY-ARTERY COMPLICATING TIPS - PERCUTANEOUS RETRIEVAL AND EXTRACTION AFTER VENOTOMY, Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 18(2), 1995, pp. 106-108
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01741551
Volume
18
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
106 - 108
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-1551(1995)18:2<106:PSDITL>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A Palmaz stent had dislodged into the left pulmonary artery after TIPS . After transfemoral catheterization of the left pulmonary artery, the stent was retrieved into the right femoral vein employing an angiopla stic balloon catheter and finally extracted after surgical venotomy.