Dilation of the septal collateral artery and subsequent cardiac tamponade during retrograde percutaneous coronary intervention using a microcatheter for chronic total occlusion.
Microcatheters are often used for percutaneous coronary intervention via the retrograde approach through a collateral channel for chronic total occlusion lesions. Recently, we encountered an alarming case in which a septal collateral artery was dilated after the removal of a microcatheter. This dilated septal artery ruptured spontaneously and resulted in a cardiac tamponade, which was successfully treated by pericardiocentesis and coil embolization.
Hashidomi
Hiroshi
H
Division of Cardiology and Catheterization Laboratories, Heart Center at Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan. h_hasidomi@yahoo.co.jp
Saito
Shigeru
S
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D020519:Pericardiocentesis; D012421:Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography