title: Improved method for transcatheter retrieval of intracoronary detached angioplasty guidewire segments.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, St. Louis University Hospital, MO 63110-0250.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Serota
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Deligonul
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lew
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aguirre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vandormael
mesh_terms: 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