| Literature DB >> 24436619 |
Georgios Dimitrakakis1, Ulrich Otto Von Oppell1, Subramaniam Balachandran2, Agamemnon Pericleous1, Richard Anderson3.
Abstract
Coronary artery perforation is a known complication of percutaneous coronary intervention and potentially life threatening. Normally, these perforations are small and localized. We report the successful surgical management of a coronary artery perforation following stent insertion with extrusion of an 8-cm endarterectomy length of the circumflex coronary artery with a brief review of the recent literature.Keywords: cardiac surgery; coronary artery; coronary artery perforation; endarterectomy; percutaneous coronary intervention
Year: 2013 PMID: 24436619 PMCID: PMC3830569 DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1343359
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Angiol ISSN: 1061-1711