Asymptomatic, Delayed Migration of Intracoronary Stent in Pericardial Space: A Rare Phenomenon

Praloy Chakraborty; Hermohander Singh Isser; Arshad Jahangir

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.01.007

Asymptomatic, Delayed Migration of Intracoronary Stent in Pericardial Space: A Rare Phenomenon

JACC Case Rep. 2021 Mar 10;3(5):745-746. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.01.007. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Praloy Chakraborty¹, Hermohander Singh Isser², Arshad Jahangir³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Adult Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Cardiology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
³ Aurora Center for Advanced Atrial Fibrillation Therapies, Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Advocate Aurora Health, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

Abstract

Delayed perforation of the coronary artery and extraluminal migration of coronary stent is a rare phenomenon. We report a case in which the stent was documented to perforate the coronary artery at least 1 year after the intervention and migrated within the pericardium without any symptom. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: RCA, right coronary artery; STEMI; right coronary artery; stent graft.