Korean Circ J.  2022 May;52(5):395-397. 10.4070/kcj.2021.0339.

A Broken Railway: A Subclavian Arterial Stent Fracture

• Park JK
• Ryu SJ
• Lee H
• Jang JY
• Chun KH
• Kim H
• Oh SJ
• Yoon SJ

• KMID: 2529871
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2021.0339

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  Figure 1 (A) CTA showed a total occlusion of the left proximal subclavian artery (arrowheads). (B, C) CTA showed a stent fracture of left subclavian artery (arrowheads). (D) Chest X-ray on the day of PTA showed continuity of left subclavian stent (arrowheads). (E) Chest X-ray 11th day after PTA showed a stent fracture of left subclavian artery at mid portion (arrowheads). (F, G) Chest X-ray on the day of and 6 months after re-PTA showed repaired continuity of left subclavian stent (arrowheads).CTA = computed tomographic angiography; PTA = percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.

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