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Successful percutaneous removal of a fractured stent fragment using a novel stretching method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2013

Paweł Dryżek ,
Krzysztof W. Michalak  and
Tomasz Moszura
Paweł Dryżek
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital – Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
Krzysztof W. Michalak*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital – Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
Tomasz Moszura
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital – Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
*
Correspondence to: K. W. Michalak, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital, Research Institute, 93-338 Lodz, Poland, Rzgowska 281/289. Tel: 00 48 42 271 21 84; Fax 00 48 42 271 14 78; E-mail: krzysiekmichalak@interia.pl
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Abstract

We present the case of percutaneous removal of a fractured stent fragment during cardiac catheterisation using a novel stretching method. The procedure was performed in a 9-month-old infant. The small distal fragment of a fractured stent in the aorta was stretched using a two-sided approach – that is, from the carotid and femoral artery. This manoeuvre allowed for the removal of the stretched, linear-shaped stent part through a 6 Fr sheath without any local and general complications.

Keywords

Complications in paediatric interventionscatheterisationinterventionsstent fracture and dislocation
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 537 - 539
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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