title: Intravascular retrieval of broken guide wire from the ascending aorta after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
abstract: Percutaneous coronary angioplasty of a proximal right coronary artery stenosis was attempted, but the guide wire broke. The distal portion remained in the right coronary artery and the proximal portion in the ascending aorta. A Dotter retrieval catheter was used to snare the wire, and the intra-aortic portion was removed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D001011:Aorta; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male