title: Is a metallic microcoil really a permanent embolic agent for the management of distal guidewire-induced coronary artery perforation?
abstract: Coronary artery perforation (CAP) after percutaneous coronary intervention is a rare, but serious complication. It can cause cardiac tamponade, acute myocardial infarction or death. The treatments of CAP involve prolonged balloon inflation, emergent surgery, coil embolization, and implantation of covered stent. We have successfully performed the emergent microcoil embolization in a patient with uncontrolled Ellis grade 3 guidewire-induced CAP resulting in delayed cardiac tamponade. Contrasting our usual expectation, the 1-year follow-up angiography showed a patent flow at the embolized site.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Medical School, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Min-Kyu
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sun Man
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kyoung-Ha
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Young-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Choi