Delayed appearance of distal coronary perforation following stent implantation
β Scribed by Abhyankar, Atul D. ;England, Deborah ;Bernstein, Louis ;Harris, Phillip J.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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β¦ Synopsis
Coronary perforations are usually apparent immediately after the occurrence. We report a case of a 67-year-old woman where coronary perforation presented 16 hours after the procedure. This case illustrates the need for extra vigilance and careful evaluation of distal vasculature while using stiff coronary guidewires.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Coronary artery perforation is an unusual but well recognised complication of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary atherectomy and may lead to hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade. If the perforation cannot be sealed by prolonged inflation with a perfusion balloon cath