Gelfoam embolization of a distal coronary artery guidewire perforation

• Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 214 - 217
• Main Authors: Dixon, Simon R., Webster, Mark W.I., Ormiston, John A., Wattie, W. John, Hammett, Chris J.K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2000; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: Aged; angioplasty; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - adverse effects; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac Tamponade - diagnostic imaging; Cardiac Tamponade - etiology; Cardiac Tamponade - therapy; Cineangiography; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Disease - therapy; Coronary Vessels - injuries; Diseases of the cardiovascular system; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; embolization; Embolization, Therapeutic - methods; Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable - therapeutic use; Gelfoam; guidewire; Hemostatics - therapeutic use; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; perforation; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Rupture; Human; Perforation; Cardiac tamponade; Coronary artery; Instrumentation therapy; Cardiovascular disease; Instrumental dilatation; Case study; Treatment; Heart disease; Pericardial disease; Complication; Embolization; Technique
• ISSN: 1522-1946; 1522-726X
• DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(200002)49:2<214::AID-CCD23>3.0.CO;2-1

A guidewire‐induced distal coronary artery perforation presenting with cardiac tamponade was occluded by distal Gelfoam embolization via an infusion catheter. This extends the treatment options for this rare complication of coronary interventional procedures. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:214–217, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.