title: An unusual problem during surgical removal of a broken guidewire.
abstract: At operation, it proved impossible using traction alone to remove an angioplasty guidewire that was lodged in an intermediate artery. The problem was solved by passing a Teflon catheter over the wire, thus protecting the left main coronary artery while freeing the entrapped distal end of the guidewire.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Pulmonary Surgery, Dijkzigt Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maat
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: van Herwerden
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van den Brand
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D004630:Emergencies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male