title: Pigtail catheter fracture and embolization into the abdominal aorta:  an extremely rare angiographic complication.
abstract: Coronary angiography is a widely used diagnostic method for coronary artery disease. In clinical practice, although complications of the procedure often involve the vascular access point, there is no previous report of the fracture and embolization of the distal tip of a pigtail catheter. Herein, we present the case of a 51-year-old woman whose left ventriculography was interrupted by fracture of the curved tip of a pigtail catheter, which remained at the renal artery level in the abdominal aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey. dr.ibrahimakpinar@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akpinar
authors.forename: Sait M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: Turgut
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karabag
authors.forename: Muhammet R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sayin
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kucuk
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buyukates
authors.forename: Sitki A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Turan
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aydin
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D020878:Device Removal; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*