Let's "Twist it": Retrieval of a Guidewire Fragment in Complex Coronary Angioplasty – Case Report

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Alessandro Lupi Alon Schaffer Leonardo De Martino

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Alon Schaffer
Department of Cardiology, Ospedale S. Biagio, Domodossola, Italy

A B S T R A C T

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is a useful management strategy in the treatment of ischemic heart disease, nevertheless, complex percutaneous coronary interventions could result in device fracture or dislodgement. We report and discuss a case of successful retrieval of fractured guide wire from a bypass graft - native vessel anastomosis using the twisting wire technique.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Mon 27, Apr 2020
Accepted: Mon 11, May 2020
Published: Wed 20, May 2020

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© 2023 Alon Schaffer. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2020.05.08