Other coronary interventions

Consult this clinical case by S. Suttipongkeat on the successful removal of a broken coronary angioplasty balloon from left main coronary artery as illustrated on a 55-year-old male with underlying hypertension and whose coronary angiography showed triple vessel disease

Consult this case study of a coronary type III perforation by C. Moncalvo from EuroPCR 2018 on how to manage a left main perforation and cardiogenic shock on an 83-year-old male patient.

Consult this rare case of intracoronary guidewire fracture from EuroPCR 2018 by G. Leithold on a 72-year-old male with significant stenosis in proximal RCA, mid LAD and mid LCx.

Consult this clinical case by A. Muhammad and D. Sharman of a 66-year-old female patient on how to manage a guidewire knot and fracture!

Consult this Twitter Case concerning a 70-year-old man with previous CABG, unstable angina and Cardiac SPECT with anterior ischemia 

Consult this clinical case from EuroPCR 2018 by K. Meemook on the successful retrieval of trapped elongated broken guidewire on a 48-year-old male admitted to hospital due to unstable angina pectoris.

Consult this clinical case on a 70-year-old male by J. Maia from EuroPCR 2018 on the twin guidewire method for the retrieval of a guidewire fragment in the coronary system.

Consult this case study of surgery from the Omihachiman Community Medical Center by Shunta Taminishi et al. of a broken fractional flow reserve guidewire remained in the entire RCA.

Contributors: Shunta Taminishi, Takuo Nakagami, Yusaku Kaneko, Nobunari Tomura, Shinya Tomita, Nobuichiro Yagi, Tetsuro Hamaoka, Kuniyoshi Fukai, Shinichiro...

The mini-STAR technique is a promising bailout strategy for the management of entrapped enflated balloons in the event of complications, achieving a high procedural success rate and low occurrence of procedural adverse events.

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!