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Case Reports
. 2019 Mar 5:2019:7606727.
doi: 10.1155/2019/7606727. eCollection 2019.

Slippery Stents: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Describing Patients with May-Thurner Syndrome That Experienced Stent Migration

Ramy Mando  1 , Priscilla Sigua-Arce  1 , Lisa Spencer  2 , Alexandra Halalau  1   2
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Slippery Stents: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Describing Patients with May-Thurner Syndrome That Experienced Stent Migration

Ramy Mando et al. Case Rep Vasc Med. .

Abstract

Endovascular stent placement is an effective treatment for relieving chronic venous obstruction in patients with May-Thurner Syndrome (MTS) with or without the presence of thrombotic lesions. Stent migration is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of endovascular stenting. Herein, we describe a case of stent migration from the left common iliac vein into the right heart, requiring open-heart surgery. We also completed a literature review of MTS patients with stent migration in hopes of raising awareness of this rare and life-threatening complication.

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