Surgical retrieval of broken, inflated angioplasty balloon catheter within intracoronary stent: A real emergency

Surgical retrieval of broken, inflated angioplasty balloon catheter within intracoronary stent: A real emergency

A 54-year old, hypertensive female patient underwent percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA) followed by stenting of calcified chronic totally occluded right coronary artery. The post dilation balloon catheter got stuck and snapped during manipulations in inflated position within the stent, which c...

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Main Authors: Hemant Digambar Waikar, Rajitha Desilva, Wasanthi Rathnayake, Chandrika Ponnamperuma, Anthonpillai Ravikiran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Subjects:
cardiopulmonary bypass
coronary artery bypass graft
intracoronary stent
percutaneous coronary intervention
Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2021;volume=24;issue=1;spage=111;epage=113;aulast=Waikar

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