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Retrieval of impacted broken balloon by balloon inflation in guiding catheter
Vimal Mehta1, Bhagya Narayan Pandit, Jamal Yusuf
1Room No. 133, Academic Block, Department of Cardiology, G. B. Pant Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, New Delhi, 110002, India, drvimalmehta@yahoo.co.in.
Abstract:
Broken catheter fragment in a coronary artery during percutaneous coronary angioplasty is a rare complication. It can result in serious problems as a result of thrombus formation and embolization of broken fragment. We report an unusual complication of a broken balloon catheter during angioplasty, which was successfully retrieved by balloon inflation in guiding catheter technique.
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