title: Broken guidewire fragment.
abstract: Advances in technology and greater operator experience have increased the success rate of percutaneous coronary intervention while lowering the complication rates. The broken guidewire is a rare complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. We present this rare complication in a patient who was medically treated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kadikoy Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kanber Ocal
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Karabay
authors.forename: Bayram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bagirtan
keywords: coronary artery disease; coronary intervention; stent