Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis · 1989 · 23 citations · 8 references
MedicineCardiologySurgeryCardiothoracic SurgeryInterventional CardiologyBalloon AngioplastyCardiac CatheterizationCoronary AngiographyCoronary AngioplastyPercutaneous Coronary InterventionBalloon Catheter Fragment RetrievalGuided Coronary InterventionLoop Snare RetrievalPeripheral AngioplastyRetained Catheter Fragment RemovalSnare Technique
A transcatheter technique using a probing catheter and 0.014 wire to form a loop snare was used percutaneously to safely retrieve segments of retained guidewire fragments in mid- and distal coronary arteries in three patients.
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