Successful surgical treatment of intravascular ultrasonography catheter entrapment.
Atsutomo Morishima, Yuichi Yoshida, Daisuke Heima, Shigeo Nagasaka, Yoshiharu Soga, Shinya Yokoyama, Kozou Kaneda, Noboru Nishiwaki
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kinki University Graduate School of Medicine, Nara Hospital, 1248-1 Otoda-cho, Ikoma, Nara 630-0293, Japan. atsu5426@nara.med.kindai.ac.jp
General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2011 SepCoronary angiography (CAG) was performed in a 77-year-old woman who presented with chest discomfort. The CAG showed two diseased vessels. For treatment, the patient underwent angioplasty and stenting. During intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS) following stent deployment, the IVUS catheter became entrapped in the left anterior descending coronary artery, causing ischemic changes in the anterolateral wall, which were apparent on the electrocardiogram. The patient underwent emergency coronary artery bypass grafting and removal of the entrapped IVUS catheter.
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Atsutomo Morishima, Yuichi Yoshida, Daisuke Heima, Shigeo Nagasaka, Yoshiharu Soga, Shinya Yokoyama, Kozou Kaneda, Noboru Nishiwaki. Successful surgical treatment of intravascular ultrasonography catheter entrapment. General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2011 Sep;59(9):609-11
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