title: Entrapment of angiographic catheter in the right coronary artery: a trap for the nonexperienced operator.
abstract: A case of angiographic catheter entrapment in the right coronary artery during coronary angiography in a patient with excessive tortuosity of the right iliac artery is described. Alternative manipulations in order to avoid this problem are presented.
authors.affiliation: Invasive Cardiology Unit, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Antonellis
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Patsilinakos
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kranidis
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pamboukas
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tavernarakis
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Rokas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors