Coronary artery perforation with subepicardial hematoma.
Coronary artery perforation is a relatively rare complication in coronary angioplasty. We report the case of a 71-year-old male, who was salvaged by emergency surgery, for cardiogenic shock due to subepicardial hematoma associated with balloon angioplasty. Such a case has not yet previously been reported.
Furushima
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Matsubara
T
T
Tamura
Y
Y
Yamazoe
M
M
Konno
T
T
Ida
T
T
Aizawa
Y
Y
Moro
H
H
Watanabe
H
H
Eguchi
S
S
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / Q000209:etiology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery