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Transcatheter retrieval of an embolized Palmaz stent from the right ventricle of a child

✍ Scribed by Hoyer, Mark H. ;Bailey, Steven R. ;Neill, Jill A. ;Palmaz, Julio C.


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
449 KB
Volume
39
Category
Article
ISSN
0098-6569

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✦ Synopsis


A young girl in whom a Palmaz stent embolized from the pulmonary artery to the right ventricle during a prior cardiac catheterization underwent successful retrieval and repositioning by a transcatheter technique 8 d later. This technique provides an alternative to surgery when intracardlac embolization of a stent occurs.