Retained entrapped coronary stent appearing like an aortic flap.
Shokoufeh HajsadeghiMarziyeh PakbazMehrab MarzbanNematollah PourebrahimPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2019)
Entrapment of coronary angioplasty hardware is a rare but serious complication of coronary interventions which may be managed percutaneously or surgically. We described a case of an entrapped coronary stent in a patient with a history of failed coronary intervention with no documents available. In transesophageal echocardiography, there was a linear echo density in the ascending aorta stuck in the right coronary artery resembling a dissection flap but based on the history of failed coronary intervention, this odd structure was supposed to be a retained angioplasty device. The patient underwent surgical removal of the entrapped device which was a fractured stent.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery
- pulmonary artery
- coronary artery disease
- randomized controlled trial
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve
- left ventricular
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- case report
- heart failure
- physical activity
- pulmonary hypertension
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial appendage
- neural network