CORONARY-ARTERY DISSECTION CAUSED BY EXIT OF THE GUIDEWIRE THROUGH THE DISTAL PERFUSION SIDEHOLE OF AN AUTO-PERFUSION ANGIOPLASTY BALLOON CATHETER

Authors
WERNS SW BATES ER
Citation
Sw. Werns et Er. Bates, CORONARY-ARTERY DISSECTION CAUSED BY EXIT OF THE GUIDEWIRE THROUGH THE DISTAL PERFUSION SIDEHOLE OF AN AUTO-PERFUSION ANGIOPLASTY BALLOON CATHETER, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 33(1), 1994, pp. 32-35
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
32 - 35
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1994)33:1<32:CDCBEO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A previously unrecognized cause of coronary artery dissection is repor ted. A 67-year-old woman underwent angioplasty of the right coronary a rtery using an autoperfusion balloon catheter. Dissection occurred bec ause the balloon catheter was advanced while the guidewire exited from one of the distal perfusion sideholes. (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.