TY - JOUR
T1 - Fracture of a perfusion balloon catheter during coronary angioplasty
AU - Kuan, Peiliang
AU - Ko, Yu‐Lin
AU - Tsai, Chang‐Her
AU - Lin, Jiunn‐Lee
PY - 1994/1/1
Y1 - 1994/1/1
N2 - In a 74‐year‐old patient with increasing angina, an attempt was made to dilate an ostial stenosis in the first diagonal artery. The initial attempt with a long balloon catheter was unsuccessful. Because of chest pain associated with hypotension during balloon inflations, a second attempt with a perfusion balloon catheter resulted in fracture of this catheter's tip (14 mm long) in the artery. Bypass graft surgery was performed and the retained fragment was easily removed by arteriotomy. The patient made an uneventful recovery. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss,Inc..
AB - In a 74‐year‐old patient with increasing angina, an attempt was made to dilate an ostial stenosis in the first diagonal artery. The initial attempt with a long balloon catheter was unsuccessful. Because of chest pain associated with hypotension during balloon inflations, a second attempt with a perfusion balloon catheter resulted in fracture of this catheter's tip (14 mm long) in the artery. Bypass graft surgery was performed and the retained fragment was easily removed by arteriotomy. The patient made an uneventful recovery. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss,Inc..
KW - arteriotomy
KW - perfusion balloon catheter
KW - PTCA complication
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U2 - 10.1002/ccd.1810320107
DO - 10.1002/ccd.1810320107
M3 - Article
C2 - 8039215
AN - SCOPUS:0028197395
VL - 32
SP - 33
EP - 35
JO - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
JF - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
SN - 1522-1946
IS - 1
ER -