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Impaction of foreign body in right coronary ostium
1Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
This article deals with the impaction of an angiography catheter in the right coronary ostium and its subsequent retention as a broken foreign body. The case was managed by operative extraction and concomitant CABG. The management of such a case is discussed.