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Therapeutic repositioning of a Gianturco-Roubin II coronary stent after initial deployment
1Department of Cardiology, Geisinger Medical Center, Penn State Geisinger Health System, Danville 17822, USA. jblankenship@psghs.edu
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|September 15, 1998
Abstract:
Movement of coronary stents after deployment can produce complications. We report a case of stent migration that led to stent coverage of a distal dissection, obviating the need for placement of a second stent. In this case, stent movement was therapeutic.