Stent Crushing as a Novel Therapeutic Option In-Stent Entrapment
Aniruddha Kaushik *
Department of Cardiology, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India.
Rahul Singla
Department of Cardiology, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India.
Arun Bade
Department of Cardiology, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India.
Kalyan Munde
Department of Cardiology, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India.
Shakil Shaikh
Department of Cardiology, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India.
N. O. Bansal
Department of Cardiology, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Stent Entrapment is a rare complication of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention if left in situ may cause intracoronary or systemic embolization, thrombus formation, emergent coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or death. We here present a case of 2 unexpanded Drug eluting stent entrapment during the procedure leading to hemodynamic instability and Its treatment using stent crushing as a life-saving procedure.
Keywords: Stent entrapment, percutaneous coronary intervention, thrombus formation, bypass graft surgery.