title: Surgical removal of guidewire entrapped within stent struts during percutaneous coronary angioplasty.
abstract: There has been a growing trend toward percutaneous coronary angioplasty for complex coronary artery lesions. Stent or guidewire break off or trapping within the coronary artery lumen is a rare complication, but it may have fatal consequences. In such cases, the entrapped device may be removed by either percutaneous route or surgical exploration. Here, we report a patient with guidewire entrapment within the struts of the intracoronary stent during primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty, which necessitated surgical removal and subsequent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Erzincan University Medical Faculty, Mengucek Gazi Education and Research Hospital, Erzincan. oralponk99@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Onk Alper
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Oruc
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aksüt
authors.forename: Eftal Murat
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bakirci
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ekren
authors.forename: Bilgehan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Erkut
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D020878:Device Removal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents