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[Extraction of a broken intracoronary PTCA guide wire perforating the circumflex artery, using a Dotter retrieval catheter]. 1984

B Höfling, and E Erdmann

Coronary artery perforation is a rare but potentially lethal complication during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). To avoid pericardial tamponade, it has been suggested that perforating wires or balloons should not be withdrawn and that the patient should be transferred immediately to surgery. We report a case with a perforating and broken intracoronary guide wire which was successfully extracted using a Dotter intravascular retriever catheter. The only consequence was a small pericardial effusion not requiring pericardial puncture. Thus, emergency surgery is not inevitable after coronary artery perforation caused by thin intracoronary guide wires.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D002404	Catheterization	Use or insertion of a tubular device into a duct, blood vessel, hollow organ, or body cavity for injecting or withdrawing fluids for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. It differs from INTUBATION in that the tube here is used to restore or maintain patency in obstructions.	Cannulation,Cannulations,Catheterizations
D003327	Coronary Disease	An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.	Coronary Heart Disease,Coronary Diseases,Coronary Heart Diseases,Disease, Coronary,Disease, Coronary Heart,Diseases, Coronary,Diseases, Coronary Heart,Heart Disease, Coronary,Heart Diseases, Coronary
D003331	Coronary Vessels	The veins and arteries of the HEART.	Coronary Arteries,Sinus Node Artery,Coronary Veins,Arteries, Coronary,Arteries, Sinus Node,Artery, Coronary,Artery, Sinus Node,Coronary Artery,Coronary Vein,Coronary Vessel,Sinus Node Arteries,Vein, Coronary,Veins, Coronary,Vessel, Coronary,Vessels, Coronary
D005547	Foreign Bodies	Inanimate objects that become enclosed in the body.	Foreign Objects,Gossypiboma,Retained Surgical Instruments,Retained Surgical Items,Retained Surgical Needle,Retained Surgical Sponge,Retained Surgical Tools,Textiloma,Bodies, Foreign,Body, Foreign,Foreign Body,Foreign Object,Gossypibomas,Object, Foreign,Objects, Foreign,Retained Surgical Instrument,Retained Surgical Item,Retained Surgical Needles,Retained Surgical Sponges,Retained Surgical Tool,Surgical Instrument, Retained,Surgical Instruments, Retained,Surgical Item, Retained,Surgical Items, Retained,Surgical Needle, Retained,Surgical Needles, Retained,Surgical Sponge, Retained,Surgical Sponges, Retained,Surgical Tool, Retained,Surgical Tools, Retained,Textilomas
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000800	Angioplasty, Balloon	Use of a balloon catheter for dilation of an occluded artery. It is used in treatment of arterial occlusive diseases, including renal artery stenosis and arterial occlusions in the leg. For the specific technique of BALLOON DILATION in coronary arteries, ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY is available.	Balloon Angioplasty,Dilation, Transluminal Arterial,Arterial Dilation, Transluminal,Arterial Dilations, Transluminal,Dilations, Transluminal Arterial,Transluminal Arterial Dilation,Transluminal Arterial Dilations
D017023	Coronary Angiography	Radiography of the vascular system of the heart muscle after injection of a contrast medium.	Angiography, Coronary,Angiographies, Coronary,Coronary Angiographies

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