Equipment-dependent mechanical distortion of a tortuous right coronary artery during PTCA.
Guidewires can distort a tortuous vessel, creating the illusion of an intraluminal defect that does not exist. This case report demonstrates the changing severity of defects in the same vessel seen with two different types of guidewires varying in stiffness.
Schlaifer
J D
JD
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610-0277, USA.
Hill
J A
JA
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016477:Artifacts; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy