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Stent retrieval using the stiff wire technique with snare
23 Nov 2018
The stiff wire technique for retrieval of a dislodged coronary stent using a stiff angioplasty wire positioned beside the initial stent guidewire. Find out how to do this manoeuvre?
Stent advancement and deployment
23 Nov 2018
What are the different steps involved in this technique? Where is the stent and catheter eventually positioned? What is the ultimate goal? Find out more about how to advance a lost stent here!
Stent crush technique
23 Nov 2018
What do you do when faced with a dislodged and unexpanded stent? Is the stent crush technique a valid clinical response? Learn the pro’s and con’s of this technique here…
Stent loss above or below the common femoral artery
23 Nov 2018
The lost device is now in the iliac artery, but how do you successfully retrieve it without resorting to surgical vascular cut-down? Learn about one possible clinical approach here…
Useful retrieval devices to recover a dislodged or damaged coronary stent
23 Nov 2018
With clinical tools in constant evolution, choosing the right material for retrieving damaged stents and other devices lost in the peripheral vasculature is critical. Find here a useful reference illustrating what is available today.
How to identify the radiopacity of various scaffolds
23 Nov 2018
Scaffold is radiolucent, which requires to have small metal markers embedded in each end so that the physicians can identify the location of the scaffold under fluoroscopy.
Total stent loss with guidewire in situ
23 Nov 2018
While full stent loss during coronary angioplasty is a relatively rare complication it can be managed in various ways. In this section, learn what to do when this occurs in the coronary artery with the guidewire in situ. ...
References in coronary stent loss
23 Nov 2018
Consult the references associated to the clinical research and case reports in coronary stent loss complications.
Partial stent loss in coronary artery: balloon partially within stent
23 Nov 2018
Consult this clinical case by T. Kabir from Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS foundation trust - UK on partial stent loss in coronary artery: balloon partially within stent
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Complications stent loss: I wish I hadn’t started this
23 Nov 2018
Consult this clinical case by P. Calvert and P. Aubry on coronary stent snaring by radial artery: an 82-year-old male with intractable SAP despite optimal medical therapy from the Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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