Unexpected retraction of an implanted coronary stent

The utilization of coronary stent has broken new ground in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); however, it has also brought new complications to cardiology, like frequent stent restenosis and stent thrombosis and, rarely, stent fracture and stent dislodgement (1-5). These complications can lead to myocardial infarction, emergency operation, peripheral and cerebral embolism, and even death (2-8). Retrieving the unplaced stent by pulling away the balloon through a device, like a snare catheter, is a rare case in the literature, but the retraction of a placed intracoronary stent through a jailed guidewire has not, to our knowledge, been presented in the literature yet (5).