title: Inadvertent retrieval of a broken PTCA catheter from the aorta during off-pump coronary bypass.
abstract: To cut costs, many centres around the world utilise previously used, re-sterilized balloon catheters to perform coronary angioplasty. The fracture and lodging of an angioplasty device within the coronary arteries is a rare but increasingly noted complication. In this article, we report on the inadvertent retrieval of a coronary angioplasty catheter during off-pump coronary bypass. The accidental removal of the catheter, which extended to the descending aorta, has obviously been life saving. This experience has shown that a high degree of caution is required when planning an operation for the retrieval of PTCA hardware.
authors: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Central Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Nurözler
authors: S T
authors: ST
authors: Kutlu
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Küçük
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D020878:Device Removal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged