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Successful Coronary Stent Retrieval From a Pedal Artery

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The purpose of this article is to report complications from a coronary drug-eluting stent lost in the peripheral circulation. We report the case of successful retrieval of a sirolimus coronary stent from a pedal artery in a young patient who underwent coronary angiography for previous anterior myocardial infarction. Recognition of stent embolization requires adequate removal of the device to avoid unwelcome clinical sequelae.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

    Enrica Mariano, Francesco Versaci & Francesco Romeo

  2. Department of Radiology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

    Roberto Gandini, Giovanni Simonetti & Livio Di Vito

  3. Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome 00133, Italy

    Enrica Mariano

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Mariano, E., Versaci, F., Gandini, R. et al. Successful Coronary Stent Retrieval From a Pedal Artery. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 31, 655–658 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-007-9151-1

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