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Coronary vessel perforation during balloon angioplasty: a case report
S Hadjimiltiades1, S Paraskevaides, G Kazinakis
1A' Cardiology Clinic, AHEPA General Hospital, Aristotelion University of Thessaloníki, Greece. stavros@mail.otenet.gr
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|December 24, 1998
Abstract:
Coronary perforation can be managed with prolonged balloon inflations, covered stents, or embolization of the vessel. We report on a case of a balloon-induced perforation of the distal left anterior descending artery, that was sealed by injecting preclotted autologous blood through the balloon catheter lumen at the site of the perforation. The patency of the distal vessel was maintained.