title: Proximal balloon deflation technique: a novel method to retrieve retained or entrapped equipment from the coronary system.
abstract: Complications of retained or entrapped equipment in the coronary system are still encountered during angioplasty procedures. Although these complications are rare, it is extremely difficult to retrieve such equipments. We report on two cases that a retained IVUS catheter or an entrapped filter wire were retrieved from the coronary system using more simplified technique that does not involve in the usage of snare or any other retrieval tool. After placing an additional guidewire and balloon alongside an equipment, it was easily retrieved from the coronary system just after the proximal balloon deflation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. ashikaga.cvm@tmd.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ashikaga
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Mitsuaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Isobe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D057785:Catheters; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*