Catheter entrapment during balloon angioplasty in patient with in-stent restenosis: an unusual complication and its surgical management

J Card Surg. 2007 Mar-Apr;22(2):160-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00360.x.

Abstract

Entrapment of coronary angioplasty hardware is one of the rare complications of percutaneous coronary artery interventions. We reported herein a case of 58-year-old man with an entrapped balloon catheter and guidewire within the right coronary artery during the application of a conventional balloon angioplasty for in-stent restenosis. Surgical removal of the entrapped balloon catheter and guidewire was performed successfully with a coronary artery bypass grafting to the affected vessel. The application of the balloon angioplasty for in-stent restenosis requires every caution against such type of complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angina, Unstable / therapy
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects*
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Restenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Restenosis / etiology
  • Coronary Restenosis / surgery*
  • Coronary Restenosis / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Reoperation
  • Stents / adverse effects*