Stent dislodged from stent balloon, never deployed.Patient was taken to cath lab where bypass angiogram revealed an occluded lima-lad, patent svg to om and rca, patient received a des to lad.Per operative report: a 3rd drug-eluting stent (2.5x16mm) was attempted to advance distal to the first stent to fix the distal lad lesion, but stent was hung up on the struts of the proximal stents and could not be advanced and it was pulled out of the body.On inspection of the device, the stent was not seen on the balloon after coming out.A thorough search of the patient was performed with fluoroscopy; the bed and floor were also searched but the stent could not be located.It was not seen anywhere inside the body.Patient experienced alteration of mental status and code stroke was called.Patient had transient alteration in mental status after the procedure, as evidenced by facial twitching and dysarthria.Ct angiogram of the head and neck revealed no hemodynamically significant stenosis of the internal carotids.Discussed with neurosurgery.As there is no flow limitation and no evidence of clot or thrombus, anticoagulation would be the best strategy.
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