Delayed surgical removal of a guide-wire fragment following coronary angioplasty.
Guide-wire fragments retained in the coronary artery system after PTCA are removed either immediately by means of catheter techniques or by urgent operation. We report on a case of a fractured guide wire which was left in a side branch of the right posterior descending coronary artery for 18 months due to the absence of any adverse effect. The small fragment was removed during an elective aorto-coronary bypass procedure.
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Department of Thoracic-, Heart and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamburg, FRG.
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D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged