title: Simple nonsurgical method of reduction of coronary catheter knot.
abstract: Knotting and kinking of the coronary catheter is one of the complications during diagnostic or interventional procedures. These complications can be tackled percutaneously without subjecting the patient to surgery. We are reporting one such case of catheter knotting and how it was reduced percutaneously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, JIPMER, Pondicherry 605 006, India.
authors.forename: Gobu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Packirisamy
authors.forename: Geofi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Balachander
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jayaraman
keywords: Angiography; Catheter; Coronary; Knot; Snare
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