| Literature DB >> 21764672 |
Colum G Owens1, Mark S Spence.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A 53-year-old female was sent for diagnostic angiography after successful reperfusion therapy for an anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarct. The culprit lesion was a LAD/D1 bifurcation stenosis. INVESTIGATIONS: Coronary angiography, intravascular ultrasound. DIAGNOSIS: Left anterior descending artery/first diagonal artery bifurcation stenosis, fractured jailed side branch wire. TREATMENT: Provisional stenting strategy for bifurcation stenosis. Consideration of surgical and percutaneous options to retrieve fractured, jailed, side branch wire. Wire and balloon catheter wrap technique for retrieval of fractured wire.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21764672 DOI： 10.4244/EIJV7I4A83
Source DB: PubMed Journal: EuroIntervention ISSN： 1774-024X Impact factor: 6.534