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Delayed appearance of distal coronary perforation following stent implantation

✍ 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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✦ 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.


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