title: Macroscopic assessment of porcine coronary vessel wall trauma after percutaneous cardiac catheterization and intervention.
abstract: A macroscopic pathological assessment of the coronary arteries of a pig's heart, in which stent implantation and intra-vascular ultrasound and thermography pullbacks were performed, shows that during percutaneous coronary catheterization and intervention, one of the major vessel traumas occurs in the very proximal part of the coronary arteries, where the guiding catheter tip is manipulated to adequately engage the vessels.
authors.forename: Pierfrancesco
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Agostoni
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Borenstein
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verheye
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Langenhove
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000818:Animals; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology*; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013552:Swine