Coronary artery perforation with subepicardial hematoma
โ Scribed by Furushima, Hiroshi ;Matsubara, Taku ;Tamura, Yusuke ;Yamazoe, Masaru ;Konno, Taku ;Ida, Thoru ;Aizawa, Yoshifusa ;Moro, Hisanaga ;Watanabe, Hiroshi ;Eguchi, Sheji
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 123 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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โฆ Synopsis
Coronary artery perforation is a relatively rare complication in coronary angioplasty. We report the case of a 71-year-old male, who was salvaged by emergency surgery, for cardiogenic shock due to subepicardial hematoma associated with balloon angioplasty. Such a case has not yet previously been reported.
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