Key result
Percutaneous retrieval successfully removes dehisced guiding catheter ring, avoiding thoracotomy during coronary intervention.
Why the study?
Damage or dehiscence of guiding catheter parts during coronary intervention can cause adverse vascular effects and usually requires immediate surgery.
Case Report (n=1)
Percutaneous retrieval of a dehisced guiding catheter radiopaque ring is feasible and can avoid the need for immediate surgery.
May avoid thoracotomy in rare catheter complications; hypothesis-generating and requires validation before broader adoption.
The guiding catheter used in coronary intervention may be damaged or some parts could be dehisced during the procedure, producing adverse effects in the vascular tree. So much so that immediate surgery is usually indicated. We report a case with a dehisced radiopaque ring of the catheter during the procedure. It was retrieved percutaneously without thoracotomy. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2002;55:262–264.
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Chen et al. (2002) conducted a case report in Complication of coronary angioplasty (n=1). Percutaneous retrieval was evaluated on Successful retrieval without thoracotomy. Percutaneous retrieval successfully removed a dehisced radiopaque ring of a guiding catheter during coronary intervention without the need for thoracotomy.
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