RETRIEVAL OF BALLOON FROM RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY SURGICALLY

RETRIEVAL OF BALLOON FROM RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY SURGICALLY

Angioplasty balloon entrapment remains an infrequent but dangerous obstacle that requires forbearance and pre-built management strategies in order to avoid morbidity or worse, mortality. Here, we discuss an un-expected hurdle of an undeflated stuck balloon with fractured shaft during angioplasty of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad Abbottabad, 2022-01, Vol.34 (1)
Hauptverfasser: Shirazi, Zara, Zia, Kashif, Mahmood, Zain, Hussain, Syed Minhaj, Bughio, Hafeezullah, Saghir, Tahir, Chaudhry, Pervaiz A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Angioplasty balloon entrapment remains an infrequent but dangerous obstacle that requires forbearance and pre-built management strategies in order to avoid morbidity or worse, mortality. Here, we discuss an un-expected hurdle of an undeflated stuck balloon with fractured shaft during angioplasty of proximal right coronary artery (RCA) in a 60-year-old male which was attempted percutaneously and redeemed surgically but massive infarction to RCA territory was inevitable.
ISSN:1025-9589
1819-2718
DOI:10.55519/JAMC-01-9059