Air embolism in the right coronary artery occurring during the left coronary angioplasty using the guiding catheter with a side hole

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-334

  Inoue, Teruo ^a   Yaguchi, Isao ^a   Mizoguchi, Keiichi ^a   Hoshi, Kazuhiro ^a   Takayanagi, Kan ^a   Morooka, Shigenori ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^b  

^a DOKKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHONAN KAMAKURA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Coronary angioplasty; Side hole

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, AIR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0034094745     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(200003)49:3<331::AID-CCD23>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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