Catheter entrapment during balloon angioplasty in patient with in-stent restenosis: an unusual complication and its surgical management.
Entrapment of coronary angioplasty hardware is one of the rare complications of percutaneous coronary artery interventions. We reported herein a case of 58-year-old man with an entrapped balloon catheter and guidewire within the right coronary artery during the application of a conventional balloon angioplasty for in-stent restenosis. Surgical removal of the entrapped balloon catheter and guidewire was performed successfully with a coronary artery bypass grafting to the affected vessel. The application of the balloon angioplasty for in-stent restenosis requires every caution against such type of complications.
Goksin
Ibrahim
I
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Heart Center, 20070 Kinikli/Denizli, Turkey. ibrahimgoksin@hotmail.com
Baltalarli
Ahmet
A
Semiz
Ender
E
Gurses
Ercan
E
Sacar
Mustafa
M
Ozcan
Vefa
V
Sungurtekin
Hulya
H
D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000628:therapy; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*