Late Migration of Fully Deployed Left Main Coronary Stent into Aortic Root: A Late Complication and Its Surgical
Tanveer Ahmad1, Azza Abdelalem Alafifi2, Mubarak Aldossari2
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Health Centre, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Migration and embolization of a deployed stent is a rare complication of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) and can result in serious and potentially life-threatening complications. There are many reports of intracoronary stent entrapment, stripping, and dislodgement during PCI, however, only a few reports about migration. We report a rare case of migration of the left main coronary stent into the aortic root, which happened 5 months after the procedure and was treated by its partial removal through aortotomy along with surgical revascularization. The patient was discharged 5 days later, after an uneventful hospital stay.
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