title: Rescuing an entrapped guidewire using a Tornus catheter.
abstract: Entrapment of a guidewire is a rare event, but it could happen especially in severe calcified stenotic lesion. This complication is life-threatening because it can lead to myocardial ischemia, infarction, or lethal arrhythmia due to intracoronary thrombosis. In the event of failed retrieval and persistent signs of ischemia, patients should be urgently referred to surgery. During percutaneous coronary intervention, the Tornus catheter has been applied to patients with severe coronary artery disease when balloon catheter or microcatheter cannot be crossed across the lesion after successful wire crossing. This is a case of a patient that a Tornus catheter rescued an entrapped guidewire in severe calcified coronary disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Yun-Hyeong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Sungha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jung-Sun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung-Yul
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Donghoon
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Yangsoo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Seung-Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002114:Calcinosis; D002404:Catheterization; D003327:Coronary Disease; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans