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A Case of Guide Wire Fracture With Remnant Filaments in the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery and Aorta

  • Hong, Young-Min (Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Rok (Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School)
  • Received : 2010.01.27
  • Accepted : 2010.02.19
  • Published : 2010.09.30
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Abstract

Guide wire fractures during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are very rare, but when they do occur they may lead to life-threatening complications, such as embolization, thrombus formation and perforation. In cases when percutaneous retrieval has failed, surgical extraction of the remnant fragments is recommended. We present a case of remnant guide wire filaments that remained in place without complications, over a one-year clinical follow up period.

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