Successful retrieval of a coronary stent dislodged in the brachial artery by means of improvised snare and guiding catheter

International Journal of Angiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-57

  Deftereos, Spyridon ^a   Raisakis, Konstantinos ^a   Giannopoulos, Georgios ^a   Kossyvakis, Charalampos ^a   Pappas, Loukas ^a   Kaoukis, Andreas ^a  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

complication; dislodgement; Percutaneous coronary intervention; stent; transradial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY STENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT THROMBOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 80052998033     PISSN: 10611711     EISSN: 16155939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1272547     Document Type: Article

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