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  • Title: Retrieval of a migrated coronary stent by means of an alligator forceps catheter.
    Author: Eeckhout E, Stauffer JC, Goy JJ.
    Journal: Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn; 1993 Oct; 30(2):166-8. PubMed ID: 8221873.
    Abstract:
    Stent migration and embolization are well-known complications of intracoronary stenting with balloon-mounted stents. During an elective stenting procedure of a proximal right coronary artery stenosis, a 3.5 mm Wiktor stent (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis) was displaced from its delivery balloon. The guiding catheter and the delivery system were withdrawn, leaving the stent around a 3 m 0.014 inch High Torque floppy guidewire (ACS, Santa Clara, CA) in the abdominal aorta. An 40 cm 5F Alligator Forceps catheter (Cook OB/Gyn., Spencer, IN), introduced through a cut-off 8F coronary guiding catheter, allowed improved torque control of the retrieval catheter and a safe and successful withdrawal of the stent through the arterial introducer sheet.
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