Case Report: Perforation of Angioplasty Balloon by Palmaz Stent

Intravascular stents are recognized to be of value in maintaining patency in resistant stenoses, recanalized occlusions, and when intimal dissection has occurred during balloon angioplasty [1,2,3]. Apart from early thrombosis, complications are relatively infrequent. We report a case of perforation of an angioplasty balloon during iliac angioplasty by a Palmaz stent sited in the contralateral iliac artery.