Stent pseudo-dislodgement – Technical pearl to successful PCI

Abstract

Coronary artery stent dislodgement during angioplasty is a rare complication. Stent dislodgement was more frequent in the past when stents were manually crimped onto the balloon. Newer and improved balloon-mounted stents with better radio-opacity have reduced the incidence of stent dislodgement but do not completely eliminate it. When it happens, various techniques have been described for its retrieval but still it is a time consuming affair. With the best of our knowledge and for the first time, we are reporting a case of stent dislodgement where actually there was no dislodgement – “pseudo-dislodgement” because of inadvertent retraction of guidewire and the troubleshooting to it.