title: A rare complication of PTCS: ruptured balloon with retained broken catheter.
abstract: This report describes a rare situation in which a retained ruptured balloon with broken catheter was caught in an incompletely opened stent during a percutaneous transluminal coronary stenting (PTCS) procedure in a 84 year old gentleman. A short, warm heart bypass and single cross clamping coronary artery bypass grafting procedure was performed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Grantham Hospital, 125 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*