Coronary Artery Perforation following PCI: An Interesting Finding into the Pericardial Space

Abstract

Coronary artery perforation is a known complication of percutaneous coronary intervention and potentially life threatening. Normally, these perforations are small and localized. We report the successful surgical management of a coronary artery perforation following stent insertion with extrusion of an 8-cm endarterectomy length of the circumflex coronary artery with a brief review of the recent literature.

Keywords

coronary artery perforation - percutaneous coronary intervention - endarterectomy - coronary artery - cardiac surgery

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