title: Transcatheter retrieval of intracoronary detached angioplasty guidewire segment.
abstract: A transcatheter technique of removing a detached angioplasty guidewire segment from the diagonal branch of the left anterior descending coronary artery is described. A standard 0.014 angioplasty guidewire was modified into a "snare" apparatus for retrieval of the detached wire segment. The retrieval was successfully accomplished without intimal dissection, plaque hemorrhage, or vessel occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, Youngstown.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Mikolich
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Hanson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans