Silk Suture Embolization for Sealing Distal Coronary Artery Perforation: Report of Two Cases
1Cardiovascular Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China; Cardiovascular Department, Daqing People's Hospital, Daqing, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
|July 23, 2015
Abstract:
Coronary artery perforation (CAP) is an infrequent yet potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. We report, for the first time, two cases of successful closure of guidewire-induced distal CAP with silk suture embolization using a microcatheter. This technique appears to be safe, simple, and effective for the treatment of distal guidewire perforations, even in refractory cases.
