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Balloon trapping technique: rota burr / shaft disconnection complications
25 Apr 2019
Balloon trapping technique, which can be challenging is explained here.
A novel technique to seal distal coronary perforations
23 Apr 2019
Consult this case of a 43-year-old male, smoker, who presented with acute inferior myocardial infarction (severe retrosternal chest pain of 2-hour duration, associated with ST elevation in the inferior leads) for PPCI...
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Right coronary intramural hematoma
17 Apr 2019
A 52-year-old lady with no prior cardiac history or risk factors was admitted due to NSTEACS...
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Snare technique in the event of balloon shaft fracture: GooseNeck
16 Apr 2019
Often a favoured technique especially in the in the case of balloon shaft fracture, the use of a snare requires careful planning. Discover more here!
Snare technique in the event of wire loss: GooseNeck
16 Apr 2019
When retrieving a lost guidewire, the snare technique is feasible with a GooseNeck snare and it is easier when the fragment is located proximally in a coronary artery.
Stent disruption and knotted wire - how to resolve?
04 Apr 2019
Consult this case with complications of knotted wire and severely disrupted stent during LAD PCI on a 51-year-old male.
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Case study: my most memorable radial case - a stuck Rota burr
04 Apr 2019
Learn how CTO’s skills can help in everyday practice in this clinical case by B. Faurie and M. Abdellaoui from the Cardiovascular Institute of GHM, Grenoble on an 82-year-old male patient with chronic anaemia.
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Case study: entrapment of a rotablator in a freshly implanted stent surgically extracted
02 Apr 2019
Consult this clinical case of a 75-year-old male patient by O. Muller on Rotablator entrapment, if you want to learn how to manage a rotablation atherectomy complication via surgery.
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Wire under stent struts and rota blocked
27 Mar 2019
Complications using the Rotablator system are increasingly rare, but what if one occurred - for instance, a wire under the stent struts with a blocked rota? Learn how to deal with this complication here…
Coronary rota burr / shaft disconnection
27 Mar 2019
In the case of rota burr or shaft disconnection, the burr has become stuck and when an attempt is made to take it out, the broken shaft could be either within or outside the guiding catheter. Discover how to manage this complication...
