Article Title

An Unusual Migration of A Stent: A Case Report

Authors

Fikadu G. Tekleyes MD, Marshall UniversityFollow
Melissa D. Lester MD, Marshall UniversityFollow
Mark A. Studeny MD, Marshall UniversityFollow
Ellen A. Thompson MD, Marshall UniversityFollow
Steven Craig MD, Cabell Huntington HospitalFollow

Keywords

Stent migration, Coronary intervention

Disciplines

Cardiology

Abstract

Stent dislodgment and embolization is a rare complication of coronary stenting.

There are reports of intra-coronary stent entrapment, stripping, and dislodgement

during percutaneous coronary interventions causing potentially life threatening

complications, including intra-coronary or systemic embolization. Reports of

dislodgment and migration of previously placed drug eluting intra-coronary stent

several months after deployment are very limited in the literature. We describe a

drug eluting stent dislodgment and migration in an 88 year-old male 10 months after

its deployment.

Recommended Citation

Tekleyes, Fikadu G. MD; Lester, Melissa D. MD; Studeny, Mark A. MD; Thompson, Ellen A. MD; and Craig, Steven MD (2016) "An Unusual Migration of A Stent: A Case Report," Marshall Journal of Medicine: Vol. 2: Iss. 2, Article 9.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18590/mjm.2016.vol2.iss2.9
Available at: https://mds.marshall.edu/mjm/vol2/iss2/9