Surgical intervention to remove an entrapped fractured guidewire during angioplasty.
Intra-coronary entrapment of angioplasty hardware is a rare complication of coronary intervention. Such complication is potentially dangerous. We present two cases of an entrapped fractured guidewire during angioplasty. They were managed by urgent coronary bypass.
Darwazah
Ahmad K
AK
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Makassed Hospital, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel. darwaz30@hotmail.com
Abu Sham'a
Raed A H
RA
Yassin
Izzedin H
IH
Islim
Ismail
I
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000009:adverse effects