International Heart Journal
Online ISSN : 1349-3299
Print ISSN : 1349-2365
ISSN-L : 1349-2365
Case Reports
Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Guided Fixation of an Accidentally Crushed Coronary Stent
Hsiu-Yu FangAnuj BhasinAli YoussefShu-Kai HsuehChih-Yuan Fang
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2008 Volume 49 Issue 5 Pages 621-627

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Stent deployment during coronary intervention has become more and more common recently. Inappropriate stent deployment may lead to unexpected high mortality and morbidity rates. A 62 year-old man with unstable angina presented with a bifurcation lesion after diagnostic coronary angiography. A drug-eluting stent was successfully deployed across the bifurcation lesion. However, after wire exchange and rewiring followed by high pressure balloon postdilatation, the stent was accidentally crushed under IVUS guidance. We used a looping wire technique and successfully redilated the crushed instent portion. This case suggests interventionists should not always change the wire before stent well deployment and should bear in mind the value of IVUS in managing such a complication.

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