Unexpanded, irretrievable stent in the proximal right coronary artery: successful management with stent graft implantation

Novel method of coronary stent delivery

Occasionally a coronary stent cannot be delivered. In this case, a dislodged stent was purposely pushed forward by the delivery balloon into position; a smaller, compliant balloon was used for initial deployment; and the original stent-delivery balloon was used for subsequent final deployment.