Successful withdrawal from the right coronary artery of an NIR stent dislodged from the balloon catheter

Authors
Antonellis, IP Patsilinakos, SP Pamboukas, CA Kranidis, AJ Papadopoulos, A Margaris, N Tavernarakis, AG Rokas, SG
Citation
Ip. Antonellis et al., Successful withdrawal from the right coronary artery of an NIR stent dislodged from the balloon catheter, J INTERV CA, 12(3), 1999, pp. 215-217
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems
Journal title
JOURNAL OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
08964327 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
215 - 217
Database
ISI
SICI code
0896-4327(199906)12:3<215:SWFTRC>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A 58-year-old patient who underwent right coronary arterial angioplasty wit h NIR stent placement is described. The stent was dislodged from the balloo n catheter and a technique of stent entrapment with two guidewires was succ essfully performed to remove it from the coronary artery.