| Title | Coronary artery endarterectomy for retrieval of entrapped percutaneous angioplasty catheter. | | Author(s) | Rosario PG, Donahoo JS | | Institution | Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark 07103, USA. | | Source | Ann Thorac Surg 1996 Jan; 61(1):218-9. | | MeSH | Aged
Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary
Arteries
Coronary Vessels
Endarterectomy
Equipment Failure
Foreign Bodies
Humans
Male
| | Abstract | A 70-year-old patient underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of a calcified tight mid-right coronary artery lesion, when the balloon burst and could not be retrieved. Even on cardiopulmonary bypass, the catheter could not be extracted through a proximal aortotomy. The patient had a distal reversed saphenous vein graft inserted into the right coronary artery. The catheter was ultimately removed after an endarterectomy of the calcified lesion. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 8561561 |
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