USE OF AN INTRACORONARY STENT TO CONTROL INTRAPERICARDIAL BLEEDING DURING CORONARY-ARTERY RUPTURE COMPLICATING CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY

被引:19
作者
THOMAS, MR [1 ]
WAINWRIGHT, RJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV LONDON KINGS COLL HOSP, DEPT CARDIOL, DENMARK HILL, LONDON SE5 9RS, ENGLAND
来源
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS | 1993年 / 30卷 / 02期
关键词
PTCA; CORONARY RUPTURE; STENT;
D O I
10.1002/ccd.1810300219
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Coronary artery rupture is a rare complication of percutaneous transvenous coronary angioplasty (PTCA) usually requiring urgent cardiac surgery and often resulting in a poor outcome including death. We report, for the first time, the use of an intracoronary stent to control intrapericardial bleeding following the development of a coronary artery rupture during PTCA. Cardiac surgery was avoided and the patient was discharged well 1 week after the procedure. (C) 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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