| Literature DB >> 20967152 |
Young-Min Hong1, Sang-Rok Lee.
Abstract
Guide wire fractures during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are very rare, but when they do occur they may lead to life-threatening complications, such as embolization, thrombus formation and perforation. In cases when percutaneous retrieval has failed, surgical extraction of the remnant fragments is recommended. We present a case of remnant guide wire filaments that remained in place without complications, over a one-year clinical follow up period.Entities:
Keywords: Coronary artery disease; Percataneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
Year: 2010 PMID: 20967152 PMCID: PMC2957644 DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.9.475
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Korean Circ J ISSN: 1738-5520 Impact factor: 3.243