title: Coronary artery perforations: four different cases and a review.
abstract: Coronary artery perforation (CAP) is a rare but feared complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. With the advent of new devices and technologies, interventionalists attempt more complex lesions, including more calcified or tortuous vessels and chronic total occlusions, which increases the incidence of CAP. A short literature review, in addition to four cases of CAP, is presented in this report.
authors.affiliation: Pamukkale University, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, 20070 Denizli/Turkey. Electronic address: idogukilic@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ismail Dogu
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: Yusuf Izzettin
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Alihanoglu
authors.forename: Serhat B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Taskoylu
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zungur
authors.forename: Ihsan S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Uyar
authors.forename: Harun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Evrengul
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: Complication; Complicação; Coronary artery perforation; Intervenção coronária percutânea; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Perfurações de artérias coronárias