Guide wire entrapment during PTCA: A potentially dangerous complication

Chaim Lotan, Yonathan Hasin, David Stone, Stuart Meyers, Azai Applebaum, Mervyn S. Gotsman

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Abstract

The tip of a “high‐torque” floppy guide wire became entrapped in a coronary artery during elective PTCA in four patients. In two it was removed through the guiding catheter, in the third an operative intervention was needed in order to free the wire, and in the fourth the remnant was left in situ. Interventional cardiologists should be aware of this potential complication.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)309-312
Number of pages4
JournalCatheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
Volume13
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • guide wire entrapment, PTCA

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