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Goose-neck snare safely retrieves an unexpanded left main stent to enable uncomplicated completion of PCI.
Case Report (n=1)
Demonstrates the successful use of a nitinol goose-neck snare to retrieve an unexpanded stent retained in the left main coronary artery.
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May offer bailout for retained stent in select cases; leaves open need for systematic evaluation of retrieval techniques.
A 64-year-old patient with silent myocardial ischemia after anterior myocardial infarction was treated with directional coronary atherectomy, balloon angioplasty, and placement of Palmaz-Schatz stent. An unexpanded Palmaz-Schatz stent was retained in the left main coronary artery and was treated successfully with a nitinol goose-neck snare. After this procedure, another Palmaz-Schatz stent was successfully implanted without any complications.
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Kobayashi et al. (1996) conducted a case report in Retained unexpanded Palmaz-Schatz stent in the left main coronary artery (n=1). Retrieval with a nitinol goose-neck snare was evaluated on Successful retrieval of the retained stent and subsequent successful implantation of another stent without complications. Retrieval of an unexpanded Palmaz-Schatz stent retained in the left main coronary artery using a nitinol goose-neck snare was successful, allowing for subsequent uncomplicated stent implantation.
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