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Coronary perforation as a potential complication derived from coronary thrombectomy with the X-Sizer device
Marcelo Sanmartín1, Javier Goicolea, Rafael Ruiz-Salmerón
1Interventional Cardiology Department, Medtec, Hospital Meixoeiro, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain. javier.goicolea.ruigomez@sergas.es
Abstract:
We report a case of coronary perforation after failed atherectomy with a 2 mm X-Sizer catheter in recent totally occluded right coronary artery. The perforation was successfully managed with a polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stent with satisfactory final angiographic results. Possible predictors of this complication with this new device are discussed.