Rescuing an entrapped guidewire using a Tornus® catheter

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1326-1327

  Cho, Yun Hyeong ^a   Park, Sungha ^b   Kim, Jung Sun ^b   Lee, Seung Yul ^b   Choi, Donghoon ^b   Jang, Yangsoo ^b   Cho, Seung Yun ^b  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Calcium; Complications

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CALCINOSIS; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 34547571846     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1326     Document Type: Article

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