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Dislodgement of coronary stent-balloon catheter before deployment during percutaneous coronary intervention though rare but life threatening complication. A 47-year-old male presented with history of angina for two years. Angiography revealed that there was a stenosis [90%] in the left anterior descending [LAD] artery and significant plaque in the circumflex artery. During PTCA a stent-balloon was dislodged in left main coronary artery [LMCA]. Under cardiopulmonary bypass, with cardioplegic arrest, the stentballoon-catheter was extracted through coronary arteriotomy with repair of ruptured LMCA. Coronary revascularization was done with reversed saphenous vein grafts to the LMCA and D1 coronary arteries
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OBJECTIVE@#To establish the larvicidal activities, if any of solvent extracts of Rauvolfia serpentina (R. serpentina) L. seeds against Culex quinquefasciatus (Cx. quinquefasciatus) Say, 1823 as target species.@*METHODS@#Seeds of R. serpentina were extracted with five solvents graded according to the polarity [viz. petroleum ether, benzene, ethyl acetate, acetone and absolute alcohol] continuing one after another with the same seeds.@*RESULTS@#Mortality rate with petroleum ether extract was significantly higher than other extracts. The mortality rates of late 3rd instar larvae were 50.33±5.51, 10.00±1.00, 0.00±0.00, 21.33±1.53 and 0.00±0.00 in 100 ppm concentration of petroleum ether, benzene, ethyl acetate, acetone and absolute alcohol respectively, after 24 h of exposure period.@*CONCLUSIONS@#Results of this study show that petroleum ether extract of R. serpentina seed may be considered as a potent source of mosquito larvicidal agent.