Usefulness of conquest guidewire for retrieval of an entrapped rotablator burr.
We experienced an entrapped rotablator burr that could not be retrieved even by deep seating of the guiding catheter. We successfully retrieved the burr by balloon inflation after the tapered tip of a Conquest wire managed to penetrate the quite hard plaque and pass through the outer lumen of the burr.
Hyogo
Masayuki
M
Department of Cardiology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, 355-5 Haruobi, Kamanza-dori Marutamachi-agaru, Kamigyo, Kyoto, Japan. mhyogo@gaea.ocn.ne.jp
Inoue
Naoto
N
Nakamura
Reo
R
Tokura
Takaomi
T
Matsuo
Akiko
A
Inoue
Keiji
K
Tanaka
Tetsuya
T
Fujita
Hiroshi
H
D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged