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Compression of right ventricular out‐flow due to localized hematoma after coronary perforation during PCI
Author(s) -
Kawase Yoshiaki,
Hayase Motoya,
Ito Shigenori,
Ojio Shinsuke,
Tahara Hiroyuki,
Ehara Mariko,
Kondo Hiroaki,
Ito Yoshihisa,
Suzuki Yoriyasu,
Ishihara Yoshiyuki,
Suzuki Takahiko
Publication year - 2003
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/ccd.10443
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , percutaneous coronary intervention , cardiology , cardiac tamponade , perforation , tamponade , hematoma , surgery , myocardial infarction , punching , materials science , metallurgy
Although coronary perforation can cause tamponade during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), this is unusual for patients previously undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) due to pericardial adhesions. We report here on a rare case of right ventricular out‐flow obstruction complicating PCI in a patient with a previous CABG. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2003;58:202–206. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.