Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
Volume 61, Issue 3 pp. 400-402
Coronary Artery Disease

Percutaneous snare retrieval of a partially embedded wallstent

Peter J. Curran MD, 

Peter J. Curran MD

Division of Cardiology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

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Jesse Currier MD, 

Jesse Currier MD

Division of Cardiology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

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Jonathan Tobis MD, 

Corresponding Author

Jonathan Tobis MD

Division of Cardiology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Division of Cardiology, University of California at Los Angeles, 47-123 Center for Health Sciences, 10883 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095Search for more papers by this author
First published: 19 February 2004
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.10792
Citations: 7

Abstract

Although removal of a stent is a well described method for treating an acutely dislodged or embolized device, removal of a previously deployed stent is unusual. We describe a case where a partially dislodged wallstent in a saphenous vein graft was removed using a snare to permit deployment of a balloon mounted stent across a proximal vein graft stenosis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2004;61:400–402. © 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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