Managing a complication after direct stenting: removal of a maldeployed stent with rotational atherectomy

A 40 year old patient presented with acute anterior wall infarction. A non-calcified lesion was stented directly without significant expansion of the stent. Rotational atherectomy successfully removed parts of the maldeployed stent and resistant arterial wall substance allowing full dilatation of th...

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Published inHeart (British Cardiac Society) Vol. 91; no. 6; p. e46
Main Authors Herzum, M, Cosmeleata, R, Maisch, B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society 01.06.2005
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Copyright 2005 by Heart
Subjects
Acute coronary syndromes
Adult
Angioplasty
Calcification
Cardiovascular disease
Catheterization - methods
Cobalt
complications
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Stenosis - diagnostic imaging
Coronary Stenosis - therapy
Coronary vessels
Device Removal - methods
direct stenting
Electronic Pages
Heart attacks
Heart surgery
Humans
Male
Medical imaging
Mortality
non-expanded stent
rotablation
Stents
Stents - adverse effects
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Summary:A 40 year old patient presented with acute anterior wall infarction. A non-calcified lesion was stented directly without significant expansion of the stent. Rotational atherectomy successfully removed parts of the maldeployed stent and resistant arterial wall substance allowing full dilatation of the lesion.
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Correspondence to:
 Dr Matthias Herzum
 Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Baldingerstrasse 1, 35033 Marburg, Germany; mhherzum@yahoo.com
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Correspondence to: …Dr Matthias Herzum …Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Baldingerstrasse 1, 35033 Marburg, Germany; mhherzum@yahoo.com
ISSN:1355-6037
1468-201X
DOI:10.1136/hrt.2004.056648