Arterial perforation during optimization of coronary stents using high-pressure balloon inflations.
Angiographic optimization of coronary stents, using high-pressure balloon inflation, was complicated by vessel rupture in 3 patients. The risk of this potentially life-threatening complication should be considered during stent optimization.
Interventional Cardiology Unit, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
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F
Alfonso
J
J
Goicolea
R
R
Hernández
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A
Fernández-Ortíz
J
J
Segovia
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C
Bañuelos
P
P
Aragoncillo
P
P
Phillips
C
C
Macaya
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012421:Rupture; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*