Percutaneous evacuation of detached hydrophilic coating of jailed guidewire.
Continuous technological development and modern construction of guidewires make percutaneous interventions safer than ever. Complications associated with device failure are rare and most of them may be avoided. We describe a case where hydrophilic coating of a jailed guidewire was peeled off in the coronary tree and successfully retrieved in percutaneous fashion.
Department of Cardiology, Sw. Wojciecha Specialist Hospital, Gdansk, Poland. krzysztof.pawlowski@wp.pl
Krzysztof
K
Pawlowski
Waldemar
W
Dorniak
Jacek
J
Klaudel
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D020878:Device Removal; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans