Improved method for transcatheter retrieval of intracoronary detached angioplasty guidewire segments
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
- Vol. 17 (4) , 248-251
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.1810170415
Abstract
A transcatheter technique using a probing catheter and 0.014 wire to form a loop snare was used percutaneously to safely retrieve segments of retained guidewire fragments in mid- and distal coronary arteries in three patients.Keywords
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