Peripheral self-expandable stent catheter fracture: Retrieval of two different components with two different
Ahmet Seyfeddin Gürbüz1, Semi Öztürk2, Süleyman Çağan Efe2
1Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. ahmetseyfeddingurbuz@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
A 58-year-old man whose right superficial femoral artery had been stented 2 weeks previously presented at the emergency service complaining of right leg pain of 2 days' duration. Angiography revealed a radiopaque foreign body distal to the stent. It was removed with a snare. Due to sudden disappearance of the popliteal artery pulse seventy-two hours after the procedure, an urgent control angiogram was performed, which showed a large thrombus occluding the superficial femoral artery. Surgery revealed a second larger radiolucent foreign body causing the thrombus. This was recognized as the distal tip and shaft of the peripheral self-expandable stent catheter used in the initial procedure. This report discusses preventive measures to be taken against this complication.
