title: Novel method of rescuing kinked guide catheter from axillary artery in transradial coronary intervention: the balloon retrieval technique.
abstract: This case illustrates a novel and innovative method of retrieving a kinked guiding catheter in transradial intervention without the need for vascular snare.
authors.affiliation: Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland. jamielayland@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Layland
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McGeoch
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sood
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome