Surgical removal of broken and inflated percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty balloon catheter: Role of transesophageal echocardiography

Surgical removal of broken and inflated percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty balloon catheter: Role of transesophageal echocardiography

An entrapment and breakage of coronary angioplasty catheter during coronary intervention is a rare but serious complication. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) catheter got entrapped and broken inside the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in a 58-year-old male patient. The who...

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Main Authors: S Subash, M N Nandakumar, Siroraj Placid, Vijay Thomas Cherian, Shaji Palangadan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Heart Views
Subjects:
catheter retrieval
guidewire entrapment
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
transesophageal echocardiography
Online Access:http://www.heartviews.org/article.asp?issn=1995-705X;year=2021;volume=22;issue=1;spage=59;epage=62;aulast=Subash

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