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Myocardial infarction due to intracoronary embolization of percutaneous coronary intervention packaging
Author(s) -
Ertel Andrew W.,
Shroff Adhir R.,
Vidovich Mladen I.
Publication year - 2014
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.25427
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction , optical coherence tomography , balloon , cardiology , embolization , right coronary artery , radiology , foreign body , artery , surgery , coronary angiography
Intracoronary device loss is occasionally encountered and removal is commonly performed at the time of the procedure. We report a case of removal of a retained coronary balloon protective plastic tubing inadvertently left in the coronary artery for a month and associated with myocardial infarction. Optical coherence tomography was used to visualize the foreign body prior to removal with a snare. To our knowledge this is the first report of a removal of disposable packaging equipment after prolonged intracoronary dwell time. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.