Literature DB >> 11042484

A rare complication of PTCS: ruptured balloon with retained broken catheter.

L C Cheng1, J Lee, S W Chiu.   

Abstract

This report describes a rare situation in which a retained ruptured balloon with broken catheter was caught in an incompletely opened stent during a percutaneous transluminal coronary stenting (PTCS) procedure in a 84 year old gentleman. A short, warm heart bypass and single cross clamping coronary artery bypass grafting procedure was performed.

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Year:  2000        PMID: 11042484

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg        ISSN: 1341-1098            Impact factor:   1.520


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1.  Stent-Apposition Salvage of an Anterior Tibial Artery After Inadvertent Angioplasty Balloon Retention During CTO Revascularization.

Authors:  R Choudry; E Deutsch; J Durinka; T Dhir
Journal:  EJVES Short Rep       Date:  2016-08-09
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