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Successful percutaneous removal of a fractured stent fragment using a novel stretching method
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 July 2013
Abstract
We present the case of percutaneous removal of a fractured stent fragment during cardiac catheterisation using a novel stretching method. The procedure was performed in a 9-month-old infant. The small distal fragment of a fractured stent in the aorta was stretched using a two-sided approach – that is, from the carotid and femoral artery. This manoeuvre allowed for the removal of the stretched, linear-shaped stent part through a 6 Fr sheath without any local and general complications.
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