Three cases of non-surgical treatment of stent loss during percutaneous coronary intervention.

Abstract

Percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting is widely used for ischemic heart disease. Because stent loss, which occurs rarely during the procedure, might have dire consequences, such as bleeding, stent embolism, acute myocardial infarction, emergency coronary artery bypass graft, and death, appropriate treatment is needed as soon as stent loss occurs. We report three cases of stent loss which were successfully treated with three different non-surgical methods.

• Authors: Byung-Ju Shim, Jong-Min Lee, Seung-Jae Lee, Sung Sik Kim, Dong-Hyeon Lee, Woo-Seung Shin, Ji-Han Yu, Sang Hyun Gil
• Journal: Korean circulation journal (Korean Circ J) Vol. 40 Issue 10 Pg. 530-5 (Oct 2010) ISSN: 1738-5555 [Electronic] Korea (South)
• PMID: 21088758 (Publication Type: Journal Article)