Management of a Retained Coronary Guidewire Fragment During Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty: A Case Report

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a nonoperative mechanical dilatation of atherosclerotic coronary artery stenosis by a balloon-tipped dilating catheter system. This method can effectively reduce highly stenotic coronary lesions and provide early recovery of ischemic but viable myocardium. The technique of transluminal angioplasty was originally devised by Dotter and Judk...

Assessment of patients skin dose undergoing coronary angiography and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)

Background: Practice of interventional cardiology procedures such as Coronary angiography (CA) and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) has largely increased in recent years and is now changing to a matter of routine in many hospitals. The purpose of this study was to measure skin and organ doses in patients undergoing CA and PTCA and to find a probable relation with c...

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

The importance of excluding coronary artery vasospasm before percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. A case report.

It is important to exclude coronary vasospasm, the mechanism responsible for so-called 'dynamic' coronary stenosis, when selecting of patients for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Although cine angiographic demonstration of this frequently fleeting entity can sometimes be difficult, a strong suspicion should be aroused by a carefully taken history. The danger of PTCA in th...

[Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)].

In 1959, Dr. Mason Sones reported on selective coronary arteriography, a technique that quickly became the standard for precise diagnosis of coronary artery disease. In the early 1960s Drs. Dotter and Judkins introduced the original concept of using a catheter to dilate an atherosclerotic obstruction in a peripheral artery. Now, almost 2 decades later, the selective coronary catheter is being p...