Mechanical coronary artery shortening with vessel wall deformity during directional coronary atherectomy: First reported case involving the left anterior descending artery

Mechanical right coronary artery shorten

Mechanical right coronary artery shortening and vessel wall invagination: A fourth cause of latrogenic coronary obstruction during coronary angioplasty. A case report and review of the literature

✍ Shea, Patrick J. 📂 Article 📅 1992 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 317 KB 👁 2 views

Coronary spasm, dissection, and localized thrombosis are recognized sources of iatrogenic obstruction during coronary angiopiasty. A fourth important cause is reported, namely, guidewireinduced mechanical straightening and shortening of tortuous right coronary artery resulting in the invagination of