How to find a loss scaffold stent and capture it with a balloon?
Coronary scaffold loss complications
The majority of scaffold stent have low radiopacity. The visualisation of the device is possible by the radiopaque markers in the stent and can be increased using enhancement technologies. Find out how!
How to advance a balloon to capture the scaffold
Consult this short demonstration by M. Haude from the Städtische Kliniken Neuss, Lukaskrankenhaus, Neuss - Germany to learn how to advance a balloon catheter on the wire and track it by image enhancement technology until the scaffold markers are identified.
Enhancement technologies to visualise the balloon and scaffold markers
Identify the radiopaque scaffold markers by using image enhancement technologies. Then advance the balloon catheter on wire and track by image enhancement technology until scaffold markers are identified.
White arrows point on scaffold markers
Black arrows point on balloon markers
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