Balloon rupture due to lesion morphology during coronary angioplasty
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
- Vol. 21 (2) , 89-91
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.1810210207
Abstract
We report a case of coronary angioplasty of a left anterior descending artery lesion that was complicated by the rupture of three successive balloon catheters. Each rupture occurred as a pinhole jet of contrast into a diagonal side branch, causing subintlmal staining. This case demonstrates that balloon rupture may result from lesion morphology.Keywords
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