title: Management of retained intervention guide-wire: a literature review.
abstract: Percutaneous coronary angioplasty is increasingly employed in the treatment of patients with complex coronary artery disease. Different steerable guide wires used to open occluded vessel and facilitate balloon and stent deployment. However, the guide-wire itself is not without hazard: it may perforate or dissect the vessel, but fracture or entrapment is uncommon. Its management depends on the clinical situation of the patient, as well as the position and length of the remnant. In this review we discuss the angioplasty guide-wire fracture and entrapment risk factors, potential risks and management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Cardiology, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. aalmoghairi@pscc.med.sa
authors.forename: Abdulrahman M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Al-Moghairi
authors.forename: Hussein S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Al-Amri
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D020878:Device Removal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D004868:Equipment Failure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors