Percutaneous Extraction of Deployed Coronary Stent During Retrieval of Jailed Buddy Wire

Retrieval of a buddy wire following coronary stenting of long, tortuous, and calcified lesions runs the risk of wire entrapment and stent deformation. We report a case of successful percutaneous extraction of a longitudinally deformed coronary stent during retrieval of jailed buddy wire from the lef...

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Published in:JACC: Case Reports
Main Authors: Ratheesh Kumar J, DM, Keshavamurthy G, DM, Vivek Singh Guleria, DM, Anil Kumar Abbot, DM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Subjects:
buddy wire support
complex coronary artery disease
jailed coronary wire entrapment
longitudinal coronary stent deformation
percutaneous coronary stent extraction
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084923003157
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Summary:Retrieval of a buddy wire following coronary stenting of long, tortuous, and calcified lesions runs the risk of wire entrapment and stent deformation. We report a case of successful percutaneous extraction of a longitudinally deformed coronary stent during retrieval of jailed buddy wire from the left anterior descending artery. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
ISSN:2666-0849

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