Retrograde guidewire fracture complicated with pericardial tamponade in chronic total occlusive coronary lesion

Sang Ho Park, Seung Woon Rha, Keun Her

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    Abstract

    Along with various coronary devices progress, there is a now growing trend to percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion (CTO). However, the risk of guidewire fracture rate might be increased in complex lesion such as tortuous, calcific lesion or retrograde route. We report a case of successful surgical removal of fractured and entrapped guidewire in a septal channel during retrograde CTO intervention in a patient complicated with pericardial tamponade by delayed penetration of broken guidewire into pericardium.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1293-1294
    Number of pages2
    JournalInternational Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
    Volume31
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015 Oct 24

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This study was supported by Soonchunhyang research fund.

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

    Keywords

    • Complications
    • Coronary occlusion
    • Percutaneous coronary intervention
    • Pericardium

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
    • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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