Transcatheter retrieval of intracoronary detached angioplasty guidewire segment.

Transcatheter retrieval of intracoronary detached angioplasty guidewire segment.

Mikolich J R; Hanson M W

Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis

1988

1905-06

A transcatheter technique of removing a detached angioplasty guidewire segment from the diagonal branch of the left anterior descending coronary artery is described. A standard 0.014 angioplasty guidewire was modified into a "snare" apparatus for retrieval of the detached wire segment. The retrieval was successfully accomplished without intimal dissection, plaque hemorrhage, or vessel occlusion.

Female; Humans; Aged; Equipment Failure; Coronary Angiography; *Coronary Vessels; Catheterization/*methods; Coronary Disease/therapy; Foreign Bodies/*therapy; Angioplasty; Balloon/*adverse effects/instrumentation

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