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Case Rep Cardiol
June 2024
Department of Cardiology University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan.
Rotational atherectomy is an effective procedure for heavily calcified lesions and those that cannot be crossed using conventional percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) devices. Here, we report a rare case of intracoronary burr entrapment in the coronary artery due to burr disconnection from the driveshaft. A 67-year-old man undergoing hemodialysis for nephrosclerosis presented with exertional chest discomfort.
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July 2022
Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xue Xiang 610041 Chengdu, China.
Background: The present article summarizes three cases of retrieving entrapped guidewire using rotablation technique.
Case Summary: All three cases pertained to guidewire being fractured and entrapped during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) for right coronary artery (RCA) chronic total occlusion in a local hospital. In Case 1, two fractured filaments connecting to the entrapped guidewire could be clearly seen.
Cardiovasc Interv Ther
October 2019
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae-Ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, 216-8511, Japan.
Int J Cardiol
March 2015
Division of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address:
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