The Straight Wire Sign: Recognizing guidwire exit during percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Mosseri, Morris ^a   Banai, Shmuel ^a   Jabara, Refat ^a   Rott, David ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary; Perforation; Wire

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PROTAMINE SULFATE;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INSTRUMENTATION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRAIGHT WIRE SIGN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847124901     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.094     Document Type: Article

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