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Surgical Intervention to Remove an Entrapped Fractured Guidewire during Angioplasty
Author(s) -
Darwazah Ahmad K.,
Abu Sham'a Raed A. H.,
Yassin Izzedin H.,
Islim Ismail
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00462.x
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , complication , surgery , intervention (counseling) , entrapment , percutaneous coronary intervention , radiology , cardiology , myocardial infarction , nursing
Intra‐coronary entrapment of angioplasty hardware is a rare complication of coronary intervention. Such complication is potentially dangerous. We present two cases of an entrapped fractured guidewire during angioplasty. They were managed by urgent coronary bypass.