title: Entanglement due to Delayed Removal of a Buddy Wire.
abstract: A buddy wire is often used to aid in the delivery of balloons and stents when negotiating tortuous or calcified vessels. We present a planned two-stent mini-crush intervention complicated by entanglement of the buddy wire with the second stent and subsequent distortion of the stent within the guiding catheter. Based on this case, we suggest removing the buddy wire immediately after successful positioning of the first stent, because entrapment with a second stent is possible and may lead to challenging situations in a simultaneous two-stent strategy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke University, Arrenberger Strasse 20, 42117 Wuppertal, Germany.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vorpahl
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke University, Arrenberger Strasse 20, 42117 Wuppertal, Germany.
authors.forename: Melchior
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seyfarth
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke University, Arrenberger Strasse 20, 42117 Wuppertal, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tiroch