Successful Percutaneous Retrieval of a Guiding Catheter Tip that Had Unexpectedly Become Detached Using a Two-Wire Technique

Abstract

Device dislodgement during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication. We herein report the successful retrieval of a guiding catheter tip that had unexpectedly become detached in the right coronary artery during PCI in a 68-year-old man. Interventional cardiologists must be familiar with a safer and more reliable retrieval technique.

Keywords

guiding catheter tip - detachment - retrieval method - two-wire technique - goose neck snare

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