Successful coronary stent retrieval from the ascending aorta using a gooseneck snare kit
Ji-Hun Jang, Seong-Ill Woo, Dong-Hyeok Yang, Sang-Don Park, Dae-Hyeok Kim, Sung-Hee Shin
Korean J Intern Med. 2013;28(4):481-485. Published online July 1, 2013
Coronary stent dislodgement is a rare complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. We report a case of stent dislodgement in the ascending thoracic aorta. The stent was mechanically distorted in the left circumflex artery (LCX) while being delivered to the proximal LCX lesion. The balloon ..
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