title: Circumferential rupture and entrapment of a balloon-on-a-wire device during coronary angioplasty.
abstract: While attempting to dilate a distal lesion in a right coronary artery, using a balloon-on-a-wire catheter, circumferential balloon rupture occurred with temporary entrapment of the balloon in the stenosis. The balloon was retrieved, and the dilatation completed, using an over-the-wire balloon catheter.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Center, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nukta
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male