Journal of Cardiac Surgery · 2007 · 17 citations · 5 references
MedicineCardiologySurgeryCardiothoracic SurgeryInterventional CardiologyAcute Coronary Syndrome InterventionBalloon AngioplastyCoronary AngioplastyCoronary Artery SurgeryPercutaneous Coronary InterventionAngioplasty ComplicationsCatheter FractureCoronary Balloon AngioplastyGuidewire ManipulationNeed For Surgical InterventionPeripheral AngioplastyStent Fracture
Intra-coronary entrapment of angioplasty hardware is a rare complication of coronary intervention. Such complication is potentially dangerous. We present two cases of an entrapped fractured guidewire during angioplasty. They were managed by urgent coronary bypass.
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Broken guidewire fragment: A simplified retrieval technique
Tejas Patel, Sanjay Shah, R. D. Pandya et al. · Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions · 2000 · 47 citations
Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +14
Surgical management of entrapped percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty hardware.
Te-Ming Tommy Chang, Daniel Pellegrini, Alexey Ostrovsky et al. · PubMed · 2002 · 45 citations
Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +15