Broken guidewire fragment: A simplified retrieval technique

✍ Scribed by Tejas Patel; Sanjay Shah; Rajesh Pandya; Kintur Sanghvi; Keith Fonseca

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 405 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-1946
• DOI: 10.1002/1522-726x(200012)51:4<483::aid-ccd24>3.0.co;2-f

✦ Synopsis

We report a technique for retrieval of a broken angioplasty wire fragment from the coronary system using a more simplified technique that does not involve the use of a snare or any other retrieval tool. With the use of an additional angioplasty wire and a balloon catheter, we could safely remove the broken wire fragment from the coronary system and circulation in a very short time.