title: Shearing of the plastic coating of a hydrophilic guide wire in a right femoropopliteal bypass graft: removal from the contralateral side.
abstract: The plastic coating of a hydrophilic guide wire tore off during introduction through a beveled single wall arterial entry needle in a 75 year old male. The sheared piece of coating got stuck in his femoropopliteal bypass. It was removed by means of a modified arterial filter set from the contralateral side. The technique of its removal is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Kemper
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Tielbeek
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: el Biltagiu
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: el Gamal
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: van Gelder
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010969:Plastics; D016306:Vena Cava Filters
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics