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Balloon entrapment in a coronary artery: potential serious complications of balloon rupture
1Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
We report a case of balloon catheter rupture with subsequent entrapment during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. The presence of a calcified, distal lesion is believed to have prevented withdrawal of the broken catheter. A nonsurgical retrieval technique, using a second dilation system, was used to free the catheter.