title: Coronary artery perforation with subepicardial hematoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furushima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazoe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aizawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moro
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eguchi
mesh_terms: 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