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Air embolism in the right coronary artery occurring during the left coronary angioplasty using the guiding catheter with a side hole
Author(s) -
Inoue Teruo,
Yaguchi Isao,
Mizoguchi Keiichi,
Hoshi Kazuhiro,
Takayanagi Kan,
Morooka Shigenori,
Saito Shigeru
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(200003)49:3<331::aid-ccd23>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - medicine , right coronary artery , angioplasty , catheter , air embolism , embolism , cardiology , left coronary artery , artery , coronary angiography , radiology , complication , myocardial infarction
Coronary air embolism is one of the inadvertent complications of coronary angioplasty. We report two rare cases of complicating air embolism in the right coronary artery occurring during control left coronary angiography using a guiding catheter with a side hole, just prior to a coronary intervention procedure for a left coronary artery lesion. The air seemed to be injected into the right coronary artery through the side hole. When we use an angiographic or guiding catheter with a side hole, we should be aware that an air embolism can occur in the contralateral coronary artery and should carefully and repeatedly perform aspiration of the catheter. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:331–334, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.