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. 2020 May;32(5):E139.
doi: 10.25270/jic/19.00332.

Concertina Effect

Rakesh Agarwal  1 , Dhurjati Prasad Sinha
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Concertina Effect

Rakesh Agarwal et al. J Invasive Cardiol. 2020 May.
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Abstract

Accordion effect or concertina effect - also known as "crumpled coronary" - is an uncommon occurrence during coronary angioplasty. It usually has no major clinical sequelae and should be differentiated from spasm, dissection, and thrombosis, which require special management.

Keywords: angioplasty; percutaneous coronary intervention; pseudolesion.

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