Coronary artery bypass graft surgery for right coronary artery: Balloon catheter entrapment

HIDIROĞLU M., Küçüker A., Kunt A., Çetin L., ŞENER E.

Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol.22, no.2, pp.416-418, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8617
  • Journal Name: Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.416-418
  • Keywords: Cardiac surgery, Catheter entrapment, Percutaneous coronary intervention
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Percutaneous coronary interventions which are widely performed for atherosclerotic heart diseases have become almost an outpatient practice. However, being an invasive intervention, coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions may have some serious complications. In this article, we report an 81-year-old male case with a complication of percutaneous coronary intervention where the balloon catheter was entrapped in the right coronary artery and emergent coronary artery bypass grafting was required. This report aims to emphasize the need for a cardiovascular team in hospitals performing percutaneous coronary interventions although some respected guidelines do not require such a set-up.