Double jeopardy: Failure to deflate stent balloon in rescue angioplasty

Interventional Medicine & Applied Science
Rutvik Trivedi

Abstract

Failure to deflate the angioplasty balloon following its inflation during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an unusual complication. We report a case of an undeflatable stent balloon in a 70-year-old male, who underwent PCI for the right coronary artery after failed thrombolysis with streptokinase. After many failed attempts, the patient was cautiously managed by controlled puncture with a stiff guide wire. The procedure was successful without any hemodynamic compromise and ventricular tachycardia.

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Dec 25, 2010·Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions : Official Journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions·Ian C Gilchrist
Nov 23, 2013·Interventional Medicine & Applied Science·Mehmet BostanYavuz Uğurlu
Feb 18, 2014·Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics·Takuro TakamaToshiya Muramatsu

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