Abstract
Stent loss during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is uncommon but may lead to serious adverse events. Here we describe a challenging case of stent loss in the radial artery during primary PCI. There, a long stent failed to cross the culprit lesion, and an attempt to pull back the undeployed stent into the guiding catheter resulted in eversion of the stent, partially stripping it off the stent balloon and rendering the stent irretrievable. Retrieval of the stent at all costs might have led to major complications; hence stent deployment in the radial artery bailed us out of this precarious situation.
Recommended Citation
Yousif, Nooraldaem and Noor, Husam A.
(2020)
"Entrapment of a partially degloved stent in the radial artery: is there any way out?,"
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association: Vol. 32
:
Iss.
4
, Article 8.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.37616/2212-5043.1229
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