The Straight Wire Sign: recognizing guidewire exit during percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion.
Coronary perforation during PCI may be life threatening. Use of stiff wires during instrumentation of totally occluded arteries is a contributing factor. The "Straight Wire" sign presented here was realized from a case of coronary perforation encountered at our cath lab. The identification of this sign in another patient prompted immediate response and avoided further complications.
Mosseri
Morris
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Banai
Shmuel
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Jabara
Refat
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Rott
David
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D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome