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Case Reports
. 2007 Nov-Dec;22(6):526-8.
doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00462.x.

Surgical intervention to remove an entrapped fractured guidewire during angioplasty

Ahmad K Darwazah  1 , Raed A H Abu Sham'a, Izzedin H Yassin, Ismail Islim
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Surgical intervention to remove an entrapped fractured guidewire during angioplasty

Ahmad K Darwazah et al. J Card Surg. 2007 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Intra-coronary entrapment of angioplasty hardware is a rare complication of coronary intervention. Such complication is potentially dangerous. We present two cases of an entrapped fractured guidewire during angioplasty. They were managed by urgent coronary bypass.

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