Rescue transcatheter embolectomy following complicated transluminal extraction atherectomy of a coronary vein graft.
Transluminal extraction catheter atherectomy of a saphenous vein graft to the right coronary artery was performed in a 72-year-old female and was complicated by distal embolization. A successful transcatheter aspiration of the embolic plaque was achieved. The usefulness of this technique as a coronary intervention is discussed.
Gamra
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Department of Cardiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, CA 92354-0200.
Ruiz
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Zhang
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Whittaker
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D000368:Aged; D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*