Simple nonsurgical method of reduction of coronary catheter knot.

J Cardiovasc Dis Res

Department of Cardiology, JIPMER, Pondicherry 605 006, India.

Published: June 2013

Knotting and kinking of the coronary catheter is one of the complications during diagnostic or interventional procedures. These complications can be tackled percutaneously without subjecting the patient to surgery. We are reporting one such case of catheter knotting and how it was reduced percutaneously.

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