Improved method for transcatheter retrieval of intracoronary detached angioplasty guidewire segments.
A transcatheter technique using a probing catheter and 0.014 wire to form a loop snare was used percutaneously to safely retrieve segments of retained guidewire fragments in mid- and distal coronary arteries in three patients.
Serota
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Cardiology Division, St. Louis University Hospital, MO 63110-0250.
Deligonul
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Lew
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Kern
M J
MJ
Aguirre
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Vandormael
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M
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male