title: Conservative management of guidewire coronary artery perforation with pericardial effusion during angioplasty for acute inferior myocardial infarction.
abstract: A wire perforation of a totally occluded right coronary artery was treated successfully with prolonged balloon inflation. This non-surgical management is preferred if physiologic and anatomic conditions are suitable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, St. Louis University Hospital, Missouri 63110.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Aguirre
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Donohue
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Bach
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Caracciolo
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kern
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery