title: Radial artery perforation during transradial catheterization managed with a coronary polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stent graft.
abstract: A 69-year-old man underwent transradial catheterization (TRC) with successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but developed a radial artery perforation. Guiding catheter re-positioning and prolonged balloon inflation were unable to provide hemostasis. Successful reconstruction of the perforated vessel required the unconventional and novel use of a coronary polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stent graft.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Heart, Mount Sinai Hospital, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029 USA. Rajeev.Narayan@mountsinai.org
authors.forename: Rajeev L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Narayan
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vaishnava
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D012421:Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D058017:Vascular Grafting / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene