Complications in Interventional Cardiology

Complications can be classified in a variety of ways but are traditionally described either in relation to disease indication, the general phases of a procedure, or the use of specific devices. In this section you will find clinical cases related to Complications provided by experts in interventional cardiology and learn how to recognise, anticipate and treat most frequent coronary complications. The aim is to engage in this effort at designing a unique resource that colleagues from the interventional community will be able to rely on to prevent, diagnose and treat complications.

Consult the complications section on Coronary perforations or visit the latest resource which explains how to manage embolised device complications like a Coronary implant loss, in particular Coronary stent dislodgement, lost scaffold, guidewire loss and balloon fracture.

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Coronary perforation

Perforations can be life threating and need to be managed correctly. Discover this section presented by O. Muller, P. Calvert, M. Haude, E. Eeckhout and A. Lerman.

Balloon fracture

$Coronary balloon fracture$

During PCI, it could happen that a balloon becomes entrapped, that a balloon shaft fractures or balloon dysfunction occurs. Learn how to manage these coronary complications here...

Guidewire loss

Guidewire loss may be rare, but a fracture can occur, caught in or outside the stent. Follow the different step-by-step approaches explained in this section…

Coronary implant loss

Discover the sections concerning stent or scaffold loss, which includes algorithms and clinical cases on complication management, equipment and retrieval techniques!

Rotablator

Do you know what to do when faced with the rare complications that can occur with the Rotablator system? Learn more on stuck burr, blocked rota or shaft fractures!

Other complications

Discover this section, which provides you with valuable resources and clinical case studies to help you learn how to manage coronary perforations, embolised devices, TAVI complications and peripheral complications etc!