Modified double guiding catheter 'Ping Pong' technique to treat large coronary perforation: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite improvement in available tools and techniques, procedural complications like coronary perforation can occur during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Severe proximal coronary perforations are usually caused by balloon and vessel size mismatch but can also occur with appropriately sized balloons or stents if the coronary vessel has very eccentric calcification or if there is negative remodelling of the vessel.

Case summary

A 74-year-old man with a history of type II diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and chronic coronary syndrome (previous PCI 10 years before) presented with unstable angina of 2 weeks of duration. Coronary angiography revealed a patent stent in left anterior descending artery, significant disease in left circumflex artery and diffuse c

SUBMITTER: Gupta H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8189299 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature